Fake products’ business thrives in Delhi, 140 arrested this year till Aug.
NEW DELHI: The business of fake products of different kinds is flourishing in the city, reveals the data of Delhi Police. In 2020, only 88 cases of the copyright and trademark act were reported but more than 110 such cases have already been reported this year.
Out of the 110 cases reported till August this year, 91 were solved. About 140 people involved in the illegal business were arrested. Last year, 74 cases were solved and 112 culprits nabbed.
Recently, Delhi Police recovered pirated NCERT books worth Rs 35 lakh from a printing press in Mandoli village. One person who was arrested in the case claimed that due to lockdown, he suffered heavy losses in his business. To cover up the losses, he started manufacturing and selling fake books in the market.
In Central Delhi, about 25 cases of the copyright and trademark act were registered last year in which 38 people were arrested. As many as 13 cases were reported till August this year and 18 people nabbed.
An officer said these fake products were being sold in small shops, including grocery stores and garages. “In some cases, we found that fake lubricant oil was being sold to garage owners at half the rate of the original price,” the officer added.
Lear MoreIllegal cosmetic products and supplements seized in Valenzuela raid
Agents of the Bureau of Customs seized imported cosmetic products and supplements when they raided a warehouse in Valenzuela City on Friday, Oct. 1.
Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero said the confiscated items have no approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The agency is still verifying the market value of the goods.
Guerrero, who signed the Letter of Authority (LOA), said that the smuggling of imported items is one of the reasons why local businesses are struggling at the moment.
“We’re already in the middle of the pandemic and our economy and people are suffering,” said Guerrero.
“I think the Bureau has one of the biggest roles in helping protect the economy. When we stop these illegal goods from entering the market, we are ensuring the protection of our local businesses, especially those who are already struggling because of COVID,” he added.
https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/05/illegal-cosmetic-products-and-supplements-seized-in-valenzuela-raid/
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P32-M smuggled cigarettes seized in Bulacan
MANILA – Members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized some PHP32 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested four persons, including two Chinese nationals in a buy-bust operation in Bulacan, a top police official said Monday.
In a statement, CIDG chief Maj. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro said the suspects Zeng Qiangjian, 42, Lin Shanxiong, 48, both Chinese nationals; John Bejay Agujar, 25, and Rodolfo Brosas, 45, were arrested during the operation with local police together with representatives of PMFTC Incorporated and JTI Incorporated at a warehouse located at Zone 6, Bypass Road, Barangay Borol 2nd, Balagtas, Bulacan on Sunday.
CIDG operatives confiscated 711 cartons or 35,550 reams of assorted cigarette products that have a total estimated market value of PHP32,305,000.
Ferro said under the operation known as “Oplan Hithit-Buga”, CIDG members were able to transact with one of the suspects for the purchase of smuggled cigarettes worth PHP1 million.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1155498
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Fake notes smuggled into Rajasthan made in Bangladesh
JAIPUR: A day after arrest of a 29-year-old man with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of Rs 1.97 lakh during a crackdown in the Ladnun area of Nagaur, the police on Saturday stated that the genuine looking FICN must have been smuggled into India via Bangladesh.
Police in its so far investigation also found that the accused is related to a smuggler of FICN Babu Khan who was earlier arrested by the special operation group (SOG) wing of Rajasthan police. Police will also find in the interrogation of the accused on the areas where the FICN were penetrated across Nagaur or in some other parts of Rajasthan.
The accused identified as Bundu Khan was arrested with the FICN.
“In the investigation it was found that the accused got from one Rafiq Khan who is a smuggler of FICN in the area. The accused Rafiq was earlier arrested by the SOG with the illegal possession of the fake currency notes of Rs 3 lakh. Thus, in this case Rafiq Khan would also be arrested,” said Abhijeet Singh, superintendent of police, Nagaur told TOI.
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Woman held for selling fake cancer drugs
MUMBAI: The Crime Branch (CB) Control on Thursday arrested a 30-year-old woman from Kalyan for selling spurious medicines in the name of genuine Adcetris injection and Iclusig tablet used in cancer patients’ treatment.
The value of the spurious medicines is estimated to be over Rs 67 lakh. The genuine medicines are manufactured by a Japanese company whose representative lodged a police complaint.
The accused, Pooja Rana, owns Prime Pharma, a pharmaceutical company located in Kalyan. She was produced before a court on Friday and remanded in police custody till October 4.
Inspector Nitin Patil of the CB Control, a unit of the city Economic Offences Wing, said, “The Japanese company has appointed an Indian firm to take legal action if they find intellectual property rights violations concerninh their products. We were informed about the sale of these fake products in March. A trap was laid and one Adcetris injection was purchased for Rs.1.12 lakh in Santacruz through Prime Pharma. The seized product was sent for forensic analysis, and the report stated that it was fake and was not manufactured by the Japanese company concerned,” said a police source. The actual price of a genuine injection is Rs 5.80 lakh.
Lear MoreLiquor smuggling ring unearthed in Zirakpur; 1,601 cartons of imported beer seized
An excise official said the gang smuggled liquor from Spain and Romania and stored it in Mohali, before distributing it in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Telangana and Karnataka.
A team of the excise department, along with Mohali police, on Thursday busted a liquor smuggling racket with the seizure of a pick-up truck carrying 201 cartons of imported beer.
Two accused, Vishavjeet Singh Dhindsa of Malerkotla, who was escorting the truck in a Mahindra Scorpio, and the truck driver, Somu, were arrested.
Following their interrogation, another 1,400 cartons of beer cans were recovered from the gang’s godowns in Lalru and Khizrabad in Mohali district.
According to excise officials, the cost of the seized liquor is around ₹20 lakh, and each can of the imported beer, including brands Senior Boke and Moller, cost around ₹200.
“The truck was intercepted in Zirakpur on Wednesday night following a tip-off and was found carrying 201 cases of imported beer cans. But the driver could not produce any valid documents,” said Naresh Dubey, joint excise commissioner.
Lear MoreFake currency amounting to ₹12 crore seized in Manipur
In a pre-dawn action in Thoubal district of Manipur, a combined team of the civil police and special police commandos recovered fake Indian currency amounting to ₹12 crore and arrested two persons.
Thoubal district superintendent of police Jogeshchandra Haobijam said, “ We received reliable specific information about fake currency underworld business. Under my command, a combined team of police commandos and civil police raided some houses at Keirao Wangkhem. We came across a locked hut, which appeared fishy. We broke open the lock and found several bundles of fake currency in ₹ 1,000 (old) currency”.
The hut owner turned out to be one C. Dewan (40) of Keirao Ngarian. During preliminary interrogation, he disclosed that one Surchandra used to bring fake currency. Police have detained both. They said that one Khomdram Tombi of Keirao Wangkhem used to bring fake currency for exchanging them with genuine Indian currency.
The police have launched a manhunt for some other persons. It was being examined whether the fake currency were for mere exchange with genuine notes or to fund drug business and even anti-national activities.
Lear MoreTobacco products seized
A special team of the Jolarpet government railway police seized nearly 18,000 sachets of banned tobacco products, worth ₹1 lakh, from a passenger.
A senior official of the GRP said based on a tip-off about smuggling of banned tobacco products, a special team checked a passenger on board an express train bound for Tirupati at Jolarpet railway station. They seized nearly 18,000 sachets of tobacco products from R. Rajinikumar, 43, a resident of Tirupati.
The GRP arrested the accused and handed over the contraband to officials of the Food Safety Department.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tobacco-products-seized/article36705027.ece
Lear MoreForeign cigarettes worth Rs 5 lakh seized in Odisha, 4 held
Paradip (Odisha), Sep 27 (PTI) The Odisha Police on Monday seized foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs five lakh in Jagatsinghpur district and arrested four persons in this connection.
Personnel of Paradip Model Police Station apprehended the four while they were loading consignments of UK-made cigarettes in a Kolkata-bound bus at Jagannath Cology in the port town, a senior officer said.
“The cigarettes were being smuggled to Kolkata,” he said.
An investigation has been initiated to ascertain how the accused procured the foreign cigarettes, Pardip Model Police Station inspector-in-charge R K Mishra said. PTI COR AAM
Lear MoreLiquor Worth ₹ 37.80 Lakh Stored Illegally In Maharashtra Seized, 3 Arrested
The liquor was manufactured in Goa and was being stocked for sale in Maharashtra, official said.
Thane: Liquor worth ₹ 37.80 lakh stored illegally in a tin shed in Ambernath in Thane district was seized by a flying squad of the Maharashtra excise department, leading to the arrest of three people, an official said on Monday.
The Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) was manufactured in Goa and was being stocked for sale in Maharashtra, despite such sale being prohibited, said Thane excise flying squad inspector Nandakumar More.
“The raid was conducted in Kumbarli on Saturday. We seized IMFL worth ₹ 37.80 lakh, three cars worth ₹ 6.25 lakh, labels worth ₹ 5 lakh, mobiles phones and cash totaling ₹ 57,500. The three men have been remanded in state excise custody till September 28,” he said.
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