Major seizure of fake brand name goods
published : 31 Aug 2022 at 10:02
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has seized 360,000 items falsely labelled with luxury brand names, in Nakhon Nayok province and in Bang Bon district of Bangkok.
Raids targeted 12 outlets at markets in Nakhon Nayok and a Bang Bon warehouse, the DSI said on Tuesday.
The counterfeit goods confiscated by police in the raids had a collective street value around 20 million baht.
A tip-off led the DSI to the Rong Kluea Market and the markets in Nakhon Nayok, where 300,000 fake items bearing expensive brand names such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Coach were confiscated.
In Bangkok, the DSI discovered more than 60,000 fake brand-name jeans in a warehouse in the Bang Bon area.
The counterfeit goods were smuggled from a neighbouring country, evading the 25% import tax, police said.
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Vocabulary
- confiscated: officially taken away as a punishment - ยึดทรัพย์
- counterfeit: illegal copies made in order to trick people - ของปลอม
- fake: made to look like something real in order to trick people - ที่ทำปลอม
- raid: to forcefully and suddenly enter a place to catch criminals or to search for something like drugs - ใช้กำลังเข้าค้นสถานที่หรือ จับกุมคนร้าย
- seize (verb): to take something using force - ยึด, จับกุม
- seizure: the act of taking control of something, especially by using power or force - การบุกเข้ายึด
- smuggle: to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally - ลักลอบนำเข้า
- tip-off: secret information or a warning given by someone - ข่าวเตือน จากวงใน
- warehouse: a large building for storing things - โกดังสินค้า, คลังสินค้า, โรงพัสดุ
