Fake bags worth PHP12 million seized in raid

They sure had baggage.

“On Saturday, June 28, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confiscated around P12 million worth of counterfeit bags in Pasay and Parañaque,” reports ABS-CBnnews.com.

The report said that NBI operativesfrom their NBI Intellectual Property Rights Division “raided two stalls of Wide-Eyed Merchandise, which is owned by Kai Wien Bien and Rufino Catanghal.”

The stalls—which are located inside Baclaran Terminal Plaza and in Baclaran’s Bagong Milenyo Plaza in Pasay—had a total of 5,054 counterfeit JanSport bags and 279 fake North Face bags.

The report explained: “The owners will be charged with violation of Republic Act 8283, or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines.”




BECOME A COCO+ MEMBER

Support local news and join a community of like-minded
“Coconauts” across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.

Join Now
Coconuts TV
Our latest and greatest original videos
YouTube video
Subscribe on