Police have arrested a Chinese man on a charge of selling counterfeit brand products and seized more than 27,000 smuggled items from a store in a shopping mall in Bangkok.
The suspect, Yang Jin, 48, was held at a shop in the mall at Pratunam intersection in Ratchathewi district, Pol Maj Gen Thatphum Jaruphat, commander of the Economic crime Suppression Division, said on Monday.
He did not name the mall. The largest shopping complex near the intersection is Platinum.
Police were acting on information fake brandname goods were being sold at the shop, including clothes, bags, jewellery and snacks. Sunday's raid led to the seizure of 27,856 items.
The goods had counterfeit trademarks and were imported from China, police said. Mr Yang admitted to being the shop owner and said he and a Chinese friend had smuggled the goods into Thailand for sale.
He was charged with selling goods with counterfeit trademarks that had been registered by others in the kingdom. Legal proceedings were continuing, Pol Maj Gen Thatphum said.