Delhi Police recovers huge quantity of duplicate products, one held
Duplicate products of reputed companies were seized by the Delhi Police and one person was arrested.
After conducting a raid, Delhi Police recovered a huge quantity of duplicate products of reputed companies from the Wazirabad area. One person was arrested.
The raid was conducted after a complaint was filed by Krishan Gopal of Brand Protection Services Pvt Ltd.
Duplicate products of Colgate Palmolive (435 pcs), Sun Pharma Ltd. (564 pcs Volini spray), Bajaj Consumer Ltd. (Bajaj Oil 1,40,000 pouch of 2.5ml) Reckitt Benckiser Ltd (500 pcs Lizol, Harpic 1,700 pcs), ITC company (Set Wet perfume 300 pieces), were recovered from a house near Almobia Masjid, Wazirabad.
During the interrogation, the accused, identified as Mohd Tazeen, a resident of Girdharpur village, Bareilly, UP, said that he brought the products from a local market in the Eastern Delhi area.
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Mizoram: ₹54 lakh worth areca nuts and foreign cigarettes seized
Assam Rifles and Customs Department of the state seized 180 bags of Areca Nuts and 14 cases of Foreign Cigarettes in a joint operation.
Assam Rifles busted another smuggling racket in the region on October 9. The force recovered 180 bags of Areca Nuts approximately costing Rs 34,34,400.
The bags were seized in Mizoram’s Champhai Road at the General Area Melbuk after the Assam Rifles received a tip-off.
Additionally, 14 cases of foreign cigarettes were also recovered worth Rs 19,99,400 from Champhai district’s Chhungte area.
The total cost of both the Areca Nuts and Foreign Cigarettes is Rs 54,33,800 and both operations were carried out by a joint team of Assam Rifles and Customs Department.
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Ulhasnagar: Banned cigarettes worth over Rs 54 lakh seized; one held
THANE: The police have seized banned imported cigarettes worth Rs 54.31 lakh and arrested a person for stocking the contraband in Ulhasnagar town of Thane district, police said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a general store in the town on Thursday and seized a stock of banned cigarettes, senior inspector Krishna Kokni of the Crime Branch Unit I of the city police said.
The police have arrested Jitendra alias Jhonny Makhija, the owner of the shop and also raided a godown where he stored the banned product, he said.
Apart from the imported cigarettes, the accused also stocked Indian cigarettes, which had no statutory warning labels on them, the official said, adding that the seized stock was manufactured in Korea, Switzerland, Indonesia and London.
An offence under relevant sections of the IPC and COPTA Act have been registered against the arrested accused with the Central police station of Ulhasnagar zone, the official said.
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Smuggled cigarettes valued at P5M seized in Zamboanga City
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur—Close to P5 million of smuggled cigarettes loaded in two boats were intercepted in the waters of Manalipa village here on Friday afternoon by police operatives.
olonel Rexmel Reyes, Zamboanga City police director, said the anti-smuggling operation was led by the 2nd City Mobile Force “Seaborne” Company together with the Bureau of Customs.
According to Reyes, the two motorized watercraft locally known as “jungkong” were reportedly from Jolo, Sulu and supposedly bound for Cotabato City when intercepted by authorities.
These were loaded with a total of 137 master cases of assorted brands of smuggled cigarettes, estimated to be valued at P4.795 million.
Reyes said not one of the eight crew was able to show them the documents pertaining to the shipment.
The two watercraft, AZ-ZHAHIR and MF/V Mernalyn-2 are currently held by the Bureau of Customs along with the eight crew who were identified as Sublaiman Kahal Hali, 22; Nurhusin Nadduha Habi, 28; Abdilsa Allus Ottok, 22; Nasri Habi Kayeh, 27; and Saniboy Kahal Habi, 17, all residents of Lantawan, Basilan; and Minajar Alaji Nawadi, 34; Kennedy Aliuddin Nawadi, 41; and Epik Nawadi Alli, all residents of Barangay Talon-talon, Zamboanga City.
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1499685/smuggled-cigarettes-valued-at-p5m-seized-in-zamboanga-city
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Man from Uttar Pradesh held: Illicit liquor worth Rs 40 lakh seized
Police said the accused, Arvind Yadav (25), was carrying the liquor from Mehsana to Ahmedabad in a truck.
The Gujarat CID Crime seized illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor worth Rs 40 lakh at the Adalaj highway in Gandhinagar Thursday and arrested a man from Uttar Pradesh. Police said the accused, Arvind Yadav (25), was carrying the liquor from Mehsana to Ahmedabad in a truck.
“The accused told us that he was supposed to deliver the consignment to Ahmedabad and based on specific intelligence, we intercepted and detained the vehicle. Another accused, Rajubhai from Palanpur, is absconding,” stated Gujarat CID Crime.
Lear MoreThane police seize imported cigarettes worth Rs 54.31 lakh, case registered against shop owner
Thane: The Thane crime branch unit 1 raided a store in Ulhasnagar and seized 2418 boxes of imported cigarettes worth Rs 54.31 lakh. The police said the shop owner was illegally dealing with the imported products, which are banned and prohibited in India.
The crime branch sleuths received information on October 7 about Jitendra alias Johnny Makhija dealing in Indian and imported cigarettes at his Sainath general store, Ulhasnagar in Thane. The team was headed by crime branch unit 1 senior police inspector Krishna Kokane along with his team. Even after being banned and prohibited from selling, Makhija was dealing with the same. The team raided his store to find cigarettes, including those made in Korea, Switzerland, Indonesia, and made in London.
A case has been registered at the Central police station in Ulhasnagar under section 188 of the Indian penal code and relevant section of the Cigarette and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003.
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Nagaland: Foreign cigarettes worth Rs 1.5 Cr recovered; 2 held
Kohima: A Dimapur bound truck from Manipur carrying illegally imported foreign cigarettes worth Rs 1.5 crore was intercepted by the Kohima police on Wednesday.
PRO DEF Kohima informed that the Kohima Police manning Khuzama interstate check gate had intercepted the truck bearing registration number NL02Q-4744 which was proceeding towards Dimapur from Manipur.
The police recovered 95 cartons of illegally imported foreign cigarettes estimated to be at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore, it informed.
Two persons namely Mofidul Islam (22) and Fojlul Hoque (22) were arrested in this regard. The contraband along with the vehicle was seized by the police.
The police informed that a case under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003 has been registered at the Khuzama police station for further investigation.
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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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