Chinese police have broken up 97 criminal dens and arrested 184 suspects in a cross-provincial raid on high-end bogus liquor producers, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement Wednesday.

About 14,000 bottles of phoney branded wine and 30 million units of counterfeit logo trademarks and boxes copying those of expensive liquors, such as Kweichow Moutai, were confiscated, according to the ministry.

The ministry estimated that if sold on the market, the faked goods would rake in more than 3 billion yuan (474 million U.S. dollars).

China now has a vibrant underground network for bogus liquor, supported by a complete industrial chain consisting of logo printing, liquor packaging and production, the ministry said in the statement.

The underground trade of bogus wine has run rampant in prosperous coastal regions as well as mid-sized and big cities, and has expanded its influence throughout the central and western regions, it said.

The recent move on liquor counterfeiters is part of a renewed national campaign that started in November last year to crack down on the violation of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and the production and distribution of fraudulent and shoddy products.

The government has been cracking down on intellectual property violations by launching frequent, high-profile raids and destroying seized materials.

(Source: Xinhua)