Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected counterfeit goods worth over $7.6 million in "Time Shield" operation (with photos)

Hong Kong Customs conducted a two-week enforcement operation codenamed "Time Shield" from September 28 to yesterday (October 13) to combat counterfeit watches and related products via cross-boundary transshipment cargo. During the operation, Customs detected 16 related cases and seized around 7 000 items of suspected counterfeit goods, including watches, clothing, mobile phones etc with an estimated market value of over $7.6 million. One person was arrested. Through intelligence analysis and detailed investigations, Customs detected related cases at various local logistics companies and express parcel centres. After follow-up investigations, Customs believed that all of the suspected counterfeit goods would have been exported to overseas destinations. Customs officers therefore organised a controlled delivery operation in respect of one batch of those seized items. On October 7, Customs officers arrested a 65-year-old man in an industrial unit in Kwai Chung, and seized about 600 items of suspected counterfeit goods including watches, mobile phones etc with an estimated market value of about $400,000. Investigations of the above-mentioned cases are ongoing. The arrested person has b

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