BOC seizes P1 billion fake goods in Makati
MANILA, Philippines — Government agents confiscated at least P1 billion worth of counterfeit items, mostly luxury brands, during a raid on a warehouse in Barangay Magallanes, Makati, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported yesterday.
The raiders seized fake designer goods labeled as Chanel, Coach, Givenchy, Gucci and Michael Kors.
The raiding team also confiscated fake products of Adidas, Bench, Calvin Klein, Fubu, Esprit, Guess, Hilfiger, Jag, Lacoste, Macbeth, Oxygen, Reebok, Tribal, Wrangler and Zara.
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/06/18/2106378/boc-seizes-p1-billion-fake-goods-makati
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3 men arrested in Bihar’s Buxar village for printing fake currency notes at home: Cop
Dharmendra Singh, the prime suspect, shut down his private security agency in Hyderabad and returned to his village in Bihar’s Buxar in August last year, police said.
Three men have been arrested in a Bihar village on charges of printing counterfeit currency notes, police said on Thursday after recovering fake notes of the face value of ₹3.12 lakh from a house in Buxar district’s Manoharpur village.
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43 kg gold worth Rs 21 crore seized in Imphal, two persons arrested
New Delhi: In a major operation by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) against an organised smuggling syndicate, 43.12 kg of smuggled gold valued at Rs 20.95 crores was seized on Wednesday (June 26) in Imphal, Manipur.
Two persons were arrested and one vehicle was seized in the operation that was carried out by the DRI Guwahati zonal unit.
Acting on specific information, DRI Imphal unit intercepted one vehicle carrying two occupants in the early hours of Wednesday after mounting a prolonged surveillance near the city.
Lear MoreShipments of fake AirPods valued at $331,360 seized in Louisville by federal officers
Eight shipments of suspected fake AirPods from Hong Kong were intercepted in Louisville recently, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a set of tips to avoid counterfeit goods.
In total, officers found 817 pairs of earbuds labeled as “Bluetooth audio devices” that appeared to violate the protected trademark for Apple AirPods, according to a release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP. The shipments were coming from Hong Kong and headed for Georgia, New York, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and New Jersey, according to CBP. Some were also headed to Canada.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article252176638.html
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Cops held 3, seize fake currency worth 3.4L
Ludhiana: Khanna police has arrested three miscreants after it recovered fake currency from them. The accused were identified as Ashu of Krishna Nagar in Khanna, Mandeep Tandon Sunny of Basant Nagar in Khanna and Vikas Vicky of Uttam Nagar in the same area.
Giving details on Monday, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Khanna Gursharandeep Singh Grewal said as part of special campaign by Khanna police against drug trafficking and misdemeanors, a police team, working on a tip-off had apprehended the accused while they were waiting near military ground Shiv Mandir Khanna to deliver counterfeit Indian currency notes to someone. He added that during frisking, Rs 3.4 lakh counterfeit Indian currency notes were recovered from their possession.
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3 held for printing fake currency in Ludhiana
Khanna police arrested three men for printing and circulating fake notes. Counterfeit notes amounting to ₹3.04 lakh were recovered from their possession.
The arrested accused were identified as Ashu of Krishna Nagar of Bhagat Singh Colony; Mandeep Singh alias Mani of Basant Nagar and Vikas alias Vicky of Uttar Nagar. The accused are between 25 to 27 years of age.
Deputy superintendent of police (DSP, Khanna) Rajan Parminder Singh, said that the cops arrested the accused from the military ground in Khanna on Sunday.
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PS5s, iPhones, Laptops Worth 2.5 Crores Seized By Delhi Customs, Items Were Misdeclared as Household Goods
Delhi Customs ACC Export Commissioner has seized iPhones, PS5s, and laptops worth Rs 2.50 Crore.
PS5 was launched back in the fall of 2020 and it took its sweet time to hit the Indian market, even after launching in the country only a handful of users were able to grab the device. The restock of the gaming console is still uncertain and amid all this, a piece of jaw-dropping news surfaced on the web. Delhi Customs Twitter handle has shared a post suggesting that ACC Export Commissioner has seized gadgets and consoles worth Rs 2.50 Crore. Yes! You read it correctly and this news is not fake because the official Twitter handle has shared all the pictures of the devices which are seized by the customs officers. Let’s have a closer look at the news.
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Madhya Pradesh: Fake currency with face value of Rs 2.53 lakh seized in Indore, 1 held
INDORE: Police on Wednesday arrested a man and seized fake currency notes with face value of Rs 2.53 lakh from his possession.
The accused had printed the notes in denominations of Rs 100, 500 and 2,000 on a colour printer and had circulated fake currency with face value of around Rs 20,000 among unsuspecting shopkeepers in the rural areas.
Police got a tip-off about a man attempting to circulate fake currency in a local vegetable market following which a trap was laid, DIG Manish Kapooria told reporters.
Police arrested Rajratan Tayade, 25, a resident of Azaad Nagar area and seized a bag containing the fake currency.
Tayade told police that he had scanned the original currency and printed them on A4 size papers at his rented room. These were cut to the size of currency notes, before circulation.
The accused was employed at a club, but had lost his job during Covid-19 lockdown, Kapooria said adding he had got the idea of printing the currency notes from online videos.
The accused has circulated fake currency with face value of around Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 – mostly in Rs 100 denominations — in the rural markets.
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Assam Rifles seizes smuggled foreign origin cigarettes worth over Rs 29 lakh in Mizoram, nabs 2
In their continued efforts against smuggling activities, the Assam Rifles troops deployed in Mizoram seized a consignment of smuggled foreign origin cigarettes.
The operation was carried out on Tuesday by the Serchhip Battalion under the aegis of Headquarters Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), the HQ IGAR (East) said in a press statement.
During the operation, a total of 23 cases of foreign origin cigarettes were seized in the general area of Chhungte in Champhai district of Mizoram.
The operation was carried out by a joint team of Assam Rifles and Customs Preventive Force Champhai based on specific information, the Assam Rifles statement said.
It is estimated that the seized foreign origin cigarettes would cost Rs 29.90 lakh in the international market. The Customs Preventive Force Champhai seized the contraband items and detained two individuals in connection with the seizure.
Lear MoreFake AirPods and Cartier Bracelets Totaling $5.3 Million Seized by Cincinnati CBP
CINCINNATI–-On May 13th, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati intercepted two large shipments of Bluetooth audio devices and found 23,900 earbuds that appeared to be in violation of Apple’s protected AirPods configurations. Officers reached out to import specialists from CBP’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise who ultimately determined the merchandise was not genuine and violated Apple’s recorded trademark rights.
Apple has configuration trademarks on their AirPods products and has recorded those trademarks with CBP. Furthermore, a company does not have to put the “Apple” wordmark or design on their products to violate the three-dimensional trademark. In this instance, further inspection of the earbuds revealed that their shape and design were identical to the Apple AirPods configuration.
The earbuds had a declared value of $5,280, but the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price would have been $3.8 million had they been genuine. The shipments, which were coming from Hong Kong, were destined to an address in Dayton, KY.
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