Duplicate clothes of branded companies worth Rs 1 crore seized

SURAT: A team of CID crime raided a warehouse in Mota Varachha area and nabbed 11 persons for allegedly dealing in duplicate clothes of branded companies on Saturday.

Garmets worth Rs one crore including T-shirts, track pants and shorts with brand names of Adidas, Reebok, Levi’s and Calvin Klein were seized in the raid.

Those arrested used to sell the garments in the city as well as different parts of state and neighbouring states as well, police said.

The racket of duplicate products with logos of top brands and names was being run through social media, investigation revealed. They got the products manufactured in Tirupur or Telangana.

Police arrested Hitesh Sihor (23) and his 10 partners and booked Santosh Kumar, owner of Indigo Trends and resident of Tirupur, for supplying the garments to the accused.

“They were selling these clothes at almost one-fourth price of the actual products and supplied to distributors who sold them to retailers,” said an officer of CID crime.

The retailers sold the products through websites, WhatsApp groups, Instagram and Facebook.

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