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The value of the merchandise intervened exceeds 16 million euros

The National Police seizes some 200,000 counterfeit items in the largest operation against industrial property in the Canary Islands

The agents located a warehouse-workshop where the leaders of the group had two people working every day of the week, in long hours and with hardly any ventilation, dedicated to falsify the merchandise by means of the positioning of plates and stamping of logos of recognized marks.

In addition, a container-truck was intercepted, inside which were located numerous boxes of electronic material from China, just at the moment when it was being unloaded in the vicinity of a shopping center in Maspalomas.

Seven people have been arrested and seized a printer, a dryer, a heat press, two gluing plates as well as a large number of stickers and badges of different brands, blank material and counterfeit goods

July 15, 2019.- Agents of the National Police have broken up a criminal group in Maspalomas (Gran Canaria) in the largest operation carried out in the Canary Islands against industrial property, according to the researchers. The police intercepted a container truck inside which they observed numerous boxes of electronic material from China, just at the moment when it was being unloaded. They also located a warehouse-workshop where the leaders of the group had two people – all the days of the week and with hardly any ventilation – dedicated to falsifying the merchandise, as well as a store where they stored and commercialized it. There are seven people arrested and almost 200,000 objects have been counted, including stickers and badges of different brands, blank material and counterfeit items, all valued at more than 16 million euros.

Intercepted a container truck when the merchandise was being unloaded

The investigation began in April of this year when the agents became aware of the existence of a large warehouse in a commercial center in Maspalomas. There, presumably, the criminal group kept the electronic merchandise that arrived in trucks from the Port of Las Palmas. After numerous police actions, the investigators not only confirmed this point, but also located a store-workshop where the leaders of the group had two workers of Moroccan nationality – both in an irregular situation in Spain – falsifying the merchandise. With hardly any ventilation, and forced to work every day of the week, they spent long hours inside the workshop placing plates of well-known brands in the blank material and printing logos on T-shirts with a heat press. Also, the agents discovered a store where the two principal investigators stored and commercialized the counterfeit merchandise.

The agents found that the intercepted truck contained numerous boxes of electronic material (speakers and headphones among other items) and in the place there were six people who were identified by the agents, including one of the ringleaders. After that, and as a result of the searches, the agents seized a large number of loudspeakers, headphones, mobile phone cases, handbags, wallets, badges from more than 120 different brands and high-quality stickers. They also located a printer, a dryer, a heat press for the printing of logos on clothes, two plates, 9,845 euros in cash and numerous documents including delivery notes, invoices and documents with a list of orders, deliveries, and shipments of counterfeit goods to stores in Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria.

Almost 200,000 objects intervened by estimated value of more than 16 million euros

After counting the intervened genre, a total of 199,537 objects were counted, including stickers, plates, blank articles and counterfeit material. Although the merchandise is pending appraisal by the judicial expert, the estimated value of the material seized in the three locations exceeds 16 million euros, making this operation the most important in the Canary Islands in terms of crimes against property. industrial.

So far there are seven people arrested, five of them of Moroccan nationality, one of Indian origin and another Nepali.



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