Fake Nike Air Max.

zaax

http://www.felixstowestar.co.uk/news/news_2_6908/felixstowe_fake_goods_worth_2m_uncovered_as_smuggling_operation_foiled_1_3319769



Smuggled counterfeit goods worth more than £2million have been seized at Britain’s biggest container port.

Border Force officers at the Port of Felixstowe found two illegal consignments – fake Nike trainers and Dr Dre Beats headphones – in cargo shipments arriving from China.

The shipment of headphones, which also included fake batteries, designer label belts, cigarette lighters and children’s umbrellas, was worth an estimated £1.66m.

The shipment of 3,612 pairs of Nike trainers was worth an estimated £379,000.

Kevin Sayer, from Border Force, said: “In both cases the smugglers had made quite sophisticated attempts to evade detection.

“The headphones had been shipped in non-branded, shrink-wrapped cases.

“When these outer cases were removed officers found a second shrink-wrapped box this time showing the Dr Dre trademarks.

“With the trainers, the smugglers had placed the shoes in boxes branded Junior. Inside the boxes, some of the trainers were openly found to be fraudulently branded as Nike Air Max.

“However, in some instances the criminals had gone further, with Junior branding stitched over the Nike logos.”

Mr Sayer said officers had selected the containers for further examination because of a discrepancy with the paperwork.

He said: “Cheap counterfeits undercut honest traders and leave shoppers with goods that are at best inferior to genuine products and at worst, harmful or unsafe.

“It can also see unscrupulous importers attempt to avoid duty and VAT, defrauding the UK taxpayer”.

After suspected counterfeit goods are detained by Border Force, the companies who own the rights to the authentic products are contacted to verify that the items are fakes.

The company then decides whether to prosecute the importer. After this process is complete, the goods are destroyed.

The headphones were found on January 10 and the trainers on January 28. The rights holders have now confirmed the items are fakes.

Anyone with information about activity they suspect may be linked to smuggling should call the hotline 0800 59 5000.

vuvuzela

Not really news, almost everything is faked from medicines to clothing, to watches to aircraft parts etc etc etc.

transient

Wow they found a couple of containers, give the haul factor the street price rather than what the outlay is and let in another 2000 containers whilst knocking one out over flukely finding this one

owen_money

Did they say how much the Dr Dre Beats headphones were going for and where you could buy some?

Boffinman

owen_money wrote: »

Did they say how much the Dr Dre Beats headphones were going for and where you could buy some?

Don't be tempted...i was and now everything sounds chinese

Fishingtime

This must be the biggest story for the Felixstowe news since the Eddie maher incident :j