The Customs Department and the Police confiscated 11.386 imitations of well-known branded products in Ayia Napa. According to the Customs Department, the value of the confiscated amounts to 60.000 euros.
Also seized were 39 pairs of handcuffs, 26 spray nozzles, 5 night vision goggles, 8 electric batons and 22 air pistols, 192 drops, 38 capsules, 14 bottles of liquid, 2 cialis pills and 40 Kamagan pills. an alien.
In the relevant announcement of the Customs Department, the Department, in collaboration with the Anti-Theft Office of the Police Headquarters, the Tax Department and the Social Security Department, conducted a search on Friday in two stores in Ayia Napa to locate rights. intellectual property and other illegal items, as well as for the possible commission of other offenses.
The searches identified and confiscated a total of 11,386 items consisting of clothing, sports / school bags, hats, wallets, watches, perfumes, toys, sunglasses of various brands such as Nike, Puma, Vans, Adidas, Gucci, Ferrari, , Levis, Calvin Klein, Ray-Van, Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton, Polo Ralph Lauren and others, which infringe intellectual property rights (imitation of genuine products). 198 items of clothing were also seized for further investigation. The total value of the confiscated items is estimated at around € 60,000.
The confiscated products have been abandoned by their owner at the Customs Department and will be destroyed, according to the prescribed procedures.
In one store, 5,950 grams of hookah tobacco were found, which did not bear the mark of harmful smoking and were confiscated as a subject of confiscation. The total import duty and taxes related to tobacco amount to € 1,242. Also found were 88 pieces of Bluetooth equipment that did not bear the CE conformity marking.
