Bangkok Police carried out a raid on counterfeit band name products at a store on the third flooring of MBK shopping mall in Bangkok right now and seized items value over 5 million baht. The retailer was reported to be operated by an Indian mafia gang called Babu.
The Department of Intellectual Property Protection was alerted to the activities of the Babu gang, who have been reportedly smuggling and selling counterfeit brand name products, including trainers, bags, clothes, and watches, at the MBK Shopping Mall near the National Stadium BTS Station in Bangkok.
According to Thai media stories, the Babu gang rented a unit on the third floor of the mall to retailer and distribute their merchandise. They operated both retail and wholesale, with greater than 30 outlets in the mall and nearby areas shopping for counterfeit products from the gang for resale.
The gang reportedly deceived their prospects by claiming that the merchandise have been imported immediately from an outlet abroad, resulting in lower costs compared to official shops.
During the raid, the police confiscated 591 pairs of counterfeit trainers and numerous different fake merchandise, which had been estimated to be value over 5 million baht.
Two Indian men, who had been hired as storage operators, knowledgeable police that their store bought counterfeit items to sellers at costs ranging between 2,000 to 8,000 baht, relying on every product’s recognition.
The two retailer staff had been charged with Section a hundred and ten of the Trademark Act for importing merchandise with counterfeit trademarks for sale. Instant is imprisonment for up to four years, a nice of up to four hundred,000 baht, or both.
While the identities of the opposite members of the Babu gang have not yet been disclosed by officers, additional investigations into the gang’s financial transactions will be performed to establish and apprehend the complete network.
Last month, officers from the Economic Crime Suppression Division raided a warehouse in the Don Mueng district of Bangkok, which was owned by a Chinese man, and seized pretend telephones and digital gadgets worth over 20 million baht.
Last week, eight police officers from the Ang Thong Police Station carried out a raid at a market in the Ang Thong province and found several vendors promoting pretend cellphone instances. Three cops ended up being attacked by greater than 30 distributors when they seized the product and prosecuted distributors..