B42m pirated goods seized at Patong shopping street.
27, October 2018 l Bangkok Post
PHUKET: More than 300,000 items of counterfeit brand-name clothes, accessories and bags worth over 42 million baht have been seized from shops on Soi Bangla, a popular nightlife and shopping street on Patong beach.
Police and officials from several agencies searched shops and vending stalls lining the soi and seized pirated products from 25 of them late Friday night.
The seized products, numbering over 300,000 and bearing luxury brand names, included shirts, shoes, belts, bags, and eyeglasses. The brands included Rayban, Nike, Adidas, Under Armour and others.
The products had estimated market value of some 42 million baht in total, according to the Immigration Bureau’s Facebook page.
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