The police seized brand-name copies worth more than 5 million baht.

[webfact]

 

Bangkok Police conducted a raid on counterfeit band name products at a store on the third floor of MBK shopping mall in Bangkok today and seized goods worth over 5 million baht. The store was reported to be operated by an Indian mafia gang called Babu.

 

The Department of Intellectual Property Protection was alerted to the activities of the Babu gang, who were reportedly smuggling and selling counterfeit brand name products, including trainers, bags, clothes, and watches, at the MBK Shopping Mall near the National Stadium BTS Station in Bangkok.

 

According to Thai media reports, the Babu gang rented a unit on the third floor of the mall to store and distribute their products. They operated both retail and wholesale, with more than 30 shops in the mall and nearby areas buying counterfeit products from the gang for resale.

 

Full story: https://bangkokone.news/the-police-seized-brand-name-copies-worth-more-than-5-million-baht/

 

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Bangkok Police conducted a raid on counterfeit band name products at a store on the third floor of MBK shopping mall in Bangkok today and seized goods worth over 5 million baht. The store was reported to be operated by an Indian mafia gang called Babu

On sale at a market nearby next week..... 

[Dave0206]

If I buy a "bar rolex for 500 baht" does this become a brand name worth 1 million ???? unless the price was close to original price we all know what we are buying perhaps his phillipe Patel watch should have been a tell 

[sammieuk1]

I always found I used to run faster in snide trainers especially when someone is shouting stop police ????

[RichardColeman]

So, they have calculated the 591 pairs of shoes at 8,000 baht each ? Ludicrous. 1. They are fake and probably have mfg cost of say 200 baht, 2. Retailers do not BUY at sell cost, and therefore the goods held in stock are only valued at cost to retailer.

 

I used to do accounts / inventory at our factory on occasions - my boss would laugh at me if I would have valued our inventory at sell to customer cost.

[phetphet]

Damn it! There goes my Guchee trainers, my Galvin Kline underpants, and my Rolax watch.

[soi3eddie]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The store was reported to be operated by an Indian mafia gang

And herein lies the problem. They were not Thais.

 

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

On sale at a market nearby next week..... 

Thanks, my thought as well. Restocking of village market stalls in "contry bumpkin" land.

[digger70]

Every market is selling Fake/Copies cheap nock offs from every brandname .

Lots off fake imports from China cheap and nasty.

[ThailandRyan]

3 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

And herein lies the problem. They were not Thais.

 

Yep doing a job only a Thai can do, and did they have work permits to be sellers........I bought 2 pairs of Adidas shoes from them as well as shorts and workout clothes.  The quality was spot on and the shoes sold to me for 800 Baht a pair.  Wonder when they will raid the Indian sellers of the high end luxury bags.....bought the daughter a fabulous Dior bag for 1k Baht.......

[trainman34014]

Only targeted because they weren't Thai and won't play the game with handouts to Corrupt Cops !

[ThailandRyan]

8 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

Only targeted because they weren't Thai and won't play the game with handouts to Corrupt Cops !

So only Thai's can now sell fakes if they pay off folks, is that what your saying  here....hogwash....

[Jumbo1968]

Christmas presents for all the Police families, why don’t they donate to a childrens charity or to homeless people ?