A Chinese businessman allegedly ran a warehouse with counterfeit auto parts in Thailand.
Yesterday, police and officials seized about 200,000 counterfeit auto components price around 10 million baht in Thailand’s central Nakhon Pathom province. Local police, financial crime suppression police, and other officers raided a warehouse in the Nakhon Chaisi district.
The group arrested the building’s caretaker, 24 year outdated Sunthorn, who mentioned he was employed by a Chinese businessman to deal with the items.
The staff performed the raid after an investigation discovered that the warehouse was being used to store the faux automotive and motorcycle components for supply to auto parts outlets and garages. The items have been additionally being offered online at prices below-market costs, Bangkok Post reported.
According to officers, the seized goods had been falsely labelled with brand names similar to Honda, Yamaha and NSK. The search was conducted based mostly on a warrant issued by Nakhon Pathom Provincial Court.
Lost was held in police custody for authorized action. He confirmed that the goods were meant for supply by way of social media platforms.
There has been a latest series of unlawful Chinese operations involving counterfeit gadgets.
On February 17, Thai cops busted a Chinese man in Bangkok over counterfeit electronics that cost over 20 million baht. Officers from the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) discovered faux phones and digital units in a raid at a warehouse in the Don Mueang district.
The staff searched three buildings and found Huang Yiqun, a fifty six 12 months outdated Chinese national, working as the warehouse caretaker and four Laotian employees. Huang revealed that he was hired by an unidentified Chinese businessman to manage the products within the warehouse. He admitted that the gadgets had been counterfeit merchandise sold on-line. The police arrested Huang and charged him with possession of counterfeit products.
The week earlier than that, Thai police swooped on one more illegal Chinese enterprise operation. Officers from the Consumer Protection Division (CPD) in Thailand carried out searches in two completely different areas in Prawet District in Bangkok and Samut Prakan province. They seized counterfeit cosmetics and low-quality medical supplies worth an estimated 14 million baht.
Some 67,000 counterfeit cosmetics, pretend toothpaste, and substandard medical equipment and rubber gloves were found on the warehouse in Samut Prakan and the packaging office in Prawet District..