From January 7 to 14, the Customs cracked down on local or cross-border transshipment activities of counterfeit goods for eight consecutive days. During the operation, a total of 27,000 suspected counterfeit goods with an estimated market value of over 10 million were seized and 2 men and 1 woman were arrested, including A 34-year-old Indian man who earlier claimed to have been smuggled in Sham Shui Po.
Customs further explained that the delivery method was monitored on that day, and a logistics company in Kwai Chung tracked it to Sham Shui Po before arresting it.
The other two arrested are a female shop owner who runs an online store and a male truck driver.
Customs seized goods such as counterfeit sneakers, handbags and watches. The goods would be resold online, shipped to local markets or transshipped to foreign countries for profit. The officers found that some goods were sold at 10% lower than the regular price, and some goods were Same price.
Customs said the case is still under investigation and urged the public to patronize reputable merchants.
Leung Man-chung, Senior Inspector of the Copyright and Trademark Cross-Border Investigation Team of Customs, said that based on intelligence analysis, officers targeted a number of logistics companies in Yuen Long, Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung. During the raid, they seized 26,000 suspected counterfeit goods with an estimated market value of about $9.4 million. .
After that, the customs found that some of the goods will be shipped to Hong Kong by express, and the rest will be exported to overseas countries.
On the 12th of this month, officers seized 10 pairs of suspected counterfeit sneakers and 2 handbags in Kwai Chung, and went to an industrial building unit in Lai Chi Kok to take action and smashed a warehouse and processing center for storing counterfeit sneakers and clothes. 470 counterfeit goods and a batch of packaging tools, and a 31-year-old woman who received the goods was arrested.
Customs arrests woman for operating online shop selling counterfeit goods
According to Customs investigation, the arrested woman operates an online shop that sells to the public for about 1 to 2 months. She purchases counterfeit goods from different places, and the goods will be shipped to different logistics companies for consolidation and then to Lai Chi Kok The storage and processing center is then delivered to customers through local courier. The price of the goods is between HK$800 and HK$2,000, which is similar to the price of the genuine goods. The most expensive counterfeit goods are a pair of sneakers worth about HK$2,000.
It is understood that the quality of some handbags and watches is relatively uneven, and the price of some goods is 10% lower than the regular price.
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Customs seizes counterfeit parcels and smashes them into mobile stalls in Sham Shui Po
Earlier, customs disguised as a deliveryman detained a 34-year-old Indian man who was selling counterfeit handbags.
Customs further explained at the press conference that on January 14, Customs seized a package containing 5 counterfeit handbags at a logistics company in Kwai Chung. By monitoring the delivery operation, the package was sent to an address in Sham Shui Po and smashed. A mobile stall selling counterfeit goods further seized 89 counterfeit goods with an estimated market value of $40,000. Customs arrested a 34-year-old man who was suspected of importing and selling counterfeit goods on the spot.
In addition, through a risk assessment on January 10, an incoming truck was stopped at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point for inspection, and 500 counterfeit sneakers with an estimated market value of about 200,000 yuan were seized on the vehicle, and a 60-year-old male driver was arrested.
Liang Wencong pointed out that some consumers may not know that they have purchased counterfeit goods, and the source of the goods and whether there is a group manipulation still need to be investigated.
Customs pointed out that all the arrested persons have been released on bail pending investigation, and urged the public to choose reputable shops.
Customs clarifies that there is no such thing when detained for selling counterfeit handbags.
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