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In a crackdown on counterfeit products, the Hadapsar police have lodged a case against a cloth seller for allegedly selling fake PUMA brand clothes. The accused, identified as Sachin Gangadhar Narwade Patil, 30, was found selling counterfeit clothes with the PUMA logo, duping customers and causing financial losses to the company.

The complaint was lodged by Madhuri Verma, 39, a resident of Mumbai and an official of the PUMA company. According to the complaint, Patil was selling fake PUMA clothes, causing harm to the company’s reputation and resulting in financial losses.

The police have seized items worth ₹1,03,720 from the accused and have invoked the copyrights act against him. Further investigation is underway, said officials.

https://www.mypunepulse.com/pune-merchant-faces-charges-for-selling-fake-puma-clothes-seized-goods-worth-%E2%82%B9-1-lakh/

The Customs Department at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport have recovered 2 kg of gold worth Rs 1.5 crore from a passenger, who arrived here, from Dubai. The department arrested the passenger and initiated further investigation into the matter.

According to information, the passenger arrived at the Amritsar airport from Dubai by a SpiceJet flight.

When department officials’ noticed suspicious activities of the passenger, they intercepted him. The passenger was served a notice under Section 102 for his personal interrogation. After thoroughly searching the passenger, 2,674 grams of gold was recovered from him.

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/2-kg-gold-seized-from-passenger-at-airport/

MUMBAI: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMI), Mumbai, seized gold with a gross weight of 3.976 kg valued at Rs 2.714 crore.

The seizure occurred during a covert operation targeting gold smuggling activities.

Acting on profiling-based intelligence, the AIU officers maintained discreet surveillance on a transit passenger who had arrived from Dubai and was scheduled to depart for Male.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/air-intelligence-unit-aiu-seizes-3-8kg-gold-worth-rs-2-71-crore-at-mumbai-airport/articleshow/115646918.cms

24 November 2024– Two Zimbabwean foreign nationals aged 47 and 50, were arrested for being in possession of illicit cigarettes worth R1.6 million. The suspects were arrested but the Potchefstroom Crime Intelligence, Potchefstroom Flying Squad, and Ventersdorp Visible Policing during a crime intelligence-led operation 22 November 2024.

According to the North West police spokesperson, Colonel Amanda Funani, Ventersdorp Visible Policing received a tip-off regarding a suspicious Volvo Truck, that was traveling from Rustenburg to Gauteng Province. Funani said a follow-up was made, and the truck was spotted and stopped along the R30 road for a search.

https://taungdailynews.com/2024/11/24/illicit-cigarettes-worth-r1-6m-seized-two-zimbabweans-nabbed/

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Drugs Control Administration (DCA) conducted a series of operations, targeting quacks, illegal drug stockpiling, and misleading drug advertisements across various districts in the State.

According to DCA, the officials raided clinics in various districts operated by unqualified individuals claiming to be rural medical practitioners. These quacks were found practicing medicine without the required qualifications, violating the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, and a wide range of medicines stocked for sale without the necessary licenses were seized from them.

https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/dca-seizes-wide-range-of-stocked-illegal-medicines-923799

Pune district seized ₹7 crore in illegal liquor and took action against 1,042 people since the MCC took effect, with 25% of state seizures from Pune.

The Pune district has seized illegal liquor worth ₹7 crore and took action against 1,042 people since the 2024 assembly elections model code of conduct (MCC) came into effect, said official.

Pune district collector Suhas Divase said, “About 25 per cent of state’s total liquor seizure under the drive is from Pune. The exercise was conducted by excise department’s Pune district superintendent Vijay Suryanshi.

Action has been taken against 234 vehicles and most of the illegal stock came from neighbouring state Goa.”

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/illegal-liquor-worth-7-crore-seized-in-pune-since-poll-code-came-into-effect-101732302290149.html

The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police have recovered and seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) worth Rs 4.59 lakh. One person has been apprehended in connection with a fake currency case in the Sonapur area of Kamrup district. The raid was conducted on Thursday evening.

The accused has been identified as 42-year-old, Ali Ahmed, a resident of the Lakhimpur district of Assam.

CPRO of Assam police, Pranab Jyoti Goswami said that in the ongoing investigation of STF in the Fake Currency Case, a raid was conducted in the Kharikata area under Sonapur police station jurisdiction by STF Assam on Thursday evening, after which an accused was arrested.

https://news24online.com/india/assam-police-bust-fake-currency-racket-seize-rs-4-59-lakh-one-arrested/387328/