"fake goods"

Police officers on Thursday arrested a Chinese national called Ma Shaorui in Bangkok’s Bang Khuntien district for allegedly possessing counterfeit products.

Copyright owners and consumer protection groups were invited to witness the delivery on Thursday (January 30) of a mountain of seized fake goods to the private firm that will destroy them.

Police and troops raided a border market in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district and seized counterfeit goods worth around Bt500,000.

Police say they seized 180,000 fake cosmetic products worth Bt300 million on Wednesday night from five locations in Bangkok and arrested two suspects for trying to sell the goods, Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-Gen Surachet Hakpal said.

Three people were arrested on Thursday and more than 800 counterfeit items were seized in police raids on shops near Patong Beach and the Central Department Store.

Police swooped on shops and stalls on the popular Patong Beach area of Phuket on Friday and seized more than 50,000 fake-brand goods.

Police seized Bt25million worth of counterfeit goods carrying major brand labels in a raid of the largest night bazaar in Nakhon Ratchasima on Monday night.

Over 10,000 counterfeit branded goods have been seized in just two hours during a raid by authorities on the tourist island of Koh Samui in Surat Thani.

Police searched Bangkok’s Sampheng area and arrested six Thais and two foreigners for selling goods in violation of copyright, and seized over 2,000 counterfeit products on Wednesday night.

Police arrested seven men and seized some 7,000 fake items worth over Bt2 million on Koh Samui.

Police raided a warehouse at SB Plaza market in Patong yesterday and seized counterfeit goods valued at hundreds of thousands of baht.

THE HAGUE - China and Hong Kong are overwhelmingly the largest shipment centres for fake goods sold around the world, in a growing, complex battle against sophisticated counterfeiters, Europe's police agency said Thursday.