A search of a enterprise in southwestern Bangkok yesterday after a tip-off about low-quality knockoff goods being sold online led to the arrest of a Chinese man with sixteen million baht of merchandise saved in his warehouse.
The Economic Crime Division Police obtained a search warrant for a warehouse on Soi Sakaengam 39/2 in Bang Khun Thian after which raided the business. Inside the warehouse, police uncovered a large amount of knockoff sneakers and shirts that were low cost imitations of well-known manufacturers.
Police arrested a Chinese man recognized only as Ma S. R. for being in possession of the pirated items as nicely as intent to promote the counterfeit items. The man additionally didn’t have a valid work permit.
While he admitted ownership of the goods within the warehouse, he mentioned that his spouse was the one liable for importing all of the knockoff gadgets that have been clearly fake.
The operation allegedly bought these sneakers and shirts that have been labelled as such popular worldwide manufacturers as Fila and Gucci as nicely as products that were clearly an imitation of the Off-White brand. It is reported that each one the products have been bought to buyers on-line, their details of whether they had been bought via social media or customized web site we’re not immediately clear.
Inexpensive raided the warehouse after receiving complaints that the knockoff merchandise being offered from the warehouse had been very low high quality and clearly faux. Still, the warehouse full of merchandise was valued at about 16 million baht..