The Macau Customs Service has detected a total of seven shops belonging to a chain store selling counterfeit glasses, according to a statement released by the Customs department.
Customs officers were divided into squads in order to carry out an inspection of the seven shops, which had been reported to Customs for selling counterfeit products.
The Customs’ officers raided the shops and were accompanied by customers who were cheated by the counterfeit products, to help point out the counterfeit goods.
The officers seized counterfeit glasses copying several brand-name trademarks, including a total of 1,507 pairs of sunglasses and optical glasses. With respect to the genuine goods, the total value of the products was estimated at around MOP1.5 million.
Two people were arrested, a 44-year-old local resident and a 35-year-old non-local worker.
The counterfeit products were purchased from Hong Kong and mainland China. Each pair of spectacles was purchased for MOP400 to MOP700 and were being sold approximately between MOP600 and MOP1,000 each.
The Customs Service will prosecute the duo based on the city’s industrial property laws and cargo fraud regulations. Customs will then forward these people to judicial authorities.
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