Customs Seize Fake Goods Worth HK$3m From Hawkers
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2019-02-21 HKT 18:56
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Customs officers said on Thursday that they had seized counterfeit goods worth HK$3 million from hawker stalls in Mong Kok, arresting three men and three women.
The department said it had confiscated around 5,000 items, including fake luxury handbags, wallets and scarfs, which were being sold for between HK$300 and HK$4,000.
Divisional Commander Peggy Tam said customers were shown genuine products, but went away with fakes.
Tam also said that only foreign tourists were targeted.
"In order to evade detection, no counterfeit goods were displayed inside the hawker pitches. The salesperson would be very alert ... and [only] showed pictures of the counterfeit goods on tablets for the [customers'] selection," she said.
The gang would only deliver the fake products to the stalls once a sale had been agreed, Tam added.
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