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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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March 3, 2008
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Crime
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Customs makes record counterfeit seizure
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Customs & Excise Department

Customs officers have made Hong Kong's largest seizure of counterfeit mobile phone accessories after shutting down a syndicate in a five-day operation.

 

Officers mounted the operation on February 28 raiding three trading companies, three warehouses and a packaging centre in Kwun Tong, seizing $8 million worth of fake goods including mobile-phone batteries, hands-free headsets and chargers.

 

They arrested six men and four women aged 27 to 46. Three were company directors.

 

The syndicate attempted to sell the items as parallel-imported or stocked-up goods cheaper than genuine goods.