# 345,000 Used Condoms Cleaned and Resold as New **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/345-000-used-condoms-cleaned-and-resold-as-new/921528 "2020-09-25T19:26:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/345-000-used-condoms-cleaned-and-resold-as-new/921528/1 "2020-09-25T19:26:03Z")
Today in _Ewwwwwwwwwww!_ News: > [@](#): > > **Police seize 345,000 used condoms that were cleaned and sold as new** > > Police in Vietnam have confiscated an estimated 345,000 used condoms which had been cleaned and resold as new, state media reported. > > Footage broadcast by state-owned Vietnam Television (VTV) this week showed dozens of large bags containing the used contraceptives scattered across the floor of a warehouse in the southern province of Binh Duong. > > Police said the bags weighed more than 360 kilograms (794 lbs), equivalent to 345,000 condoms, according to VTV. > > The owner of the warehouse said they had received a “monthly input of used condoms from an unknown person,” state newspaper Tuoi Tre reported. > > A woman detained during the bust told police that the used prophylactics were first boiled in water then dried and reshaped on a wooden phallus before being repackaged and resold. I’m surprised that latex can be boiled and retain its qualities. Or maybe it can’t, but it looks as if it can. In any event, _Ewwwwww!_ [https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/24/asia/vietnam-condom-sold-new-scli-intl/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/24/asia/vietnam-condom-sold-new-scli-intl/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/345-000-used-condoms-cleaned-and-resold-as-new/921528/2 "2020-09-25T22:10:02Z")
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/345-000-used-condoms-cleaned-and-resold-as-new/921528/3 "2020-09-25T22:10:03Z")