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A warehouse in Valenzuela City yields P100 million worth of fake goods
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The warehouse contained used clothing and counterfeit goods with such trademarks as Nike, Crocs and Sandugo
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized on March 25 smuggled counterfeit goods estimated at P100 million in Valenzuela City.
Armed with a Letter of Authority issued by BOC Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, the implementing team composed of personnel from the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Intellectual Property Rights Division (CIIS-IPRD), BOC-Port of Manila, BOC Revenue Collection and Monitoring Group–Legal Service, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) inspected the warehouse located at No. 8 Rincon Road, Valenzuela City, the BOC said in a statement.
Before sealing the warehouse, BOC examiners in the presence of CIIS, NBI, and AFP operatives, conducted an inventory of goods which led to the discovery of used clothing (ukay-ukay) and IPR-infringing goods bearing such trademarks as Nike, Crocs and Sandugo.
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Further investigation is underway for other possible violations of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (Republic Act 8293) and the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (RA 10863).
