Customs officers seize $57 million in counterfeit designer watches
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ/Press Release) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Port of Louisville seized 32 separate shipments containing counterfeit designer watches worth $57.84 million.
CBP officers inspected all these parcels to determine if the goods were admissible in accordance with CBP regulations.
The officers found a total of 2,168 designer watches determined to be counterfeit by CBP’s trade experts at the Centers of Excellence and Expertise. All the watches originated from Hong Kong and were destined for several addresses across the U.S.
Two of the more notable seizures were destined for the same business in Flushing, New York.
The first shipment contained 958 counterfeit Rolex watches that would have been worth $8.4 million, while the second shipment contained 1,000 more counterfeit Rolex watches that could have been worth $40.6 million.
Other seizures included 4 counterfeit Richard Mille watches that, if they were real, would have been worth $766,000 and another shipment contained 93 various counterfeit designer watches worth $3 million.
https://www.wtvq.com/2021/09/13/customs-officers-seize-57-million-in-counterfeit-designer-watches/
Related Posts
wc Police NAB More Suspects For Cigarette Smuggling
CAPE TOWN - There have products. One suspect was arrested in Cape Town on...
P3-B worth of fake goods destroyed in Laguna warehouse.
20, September 2018 l Philippines News Agency SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna -- Bureau...
Newcastle man Aran Saied had 40,000 illicit cigarettes in car
A man who had almost 40,000 illicit cigarettes in his car has been given a...
Ex-serviceman and lawyer held in Chennai for circulating fake currency notes; 90 bundles seized
According to police, the lawyer said that fake currency notes with a face value...