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Police seize 3,000 units of counterfeit merchandise By the A.M. Costa Rica staff Fiscal Control Police of the Ministry of Finance seized more than 3,000 units of merchandise, such as clothes, shoes, handbags, among others, in raids Tuesday. All counterfeit products carry the Nike and Converse brands, police said. The confiscations were made for infringement of the Intellectual Property Protection Law in three stores located in Paso Canoas* near the border with Panama. According to the police report, the seizure was made with the support of agents of the Deputy Prosecutor's Office for Economic Crime, Customs Tax and Intellectual Property. "This confiscation is part of the actions that the police have been doing to fight against illegal sales and tax evasion," said Melissa Rodríguez, deputy director of the police. June 14, as A.M. Costa Rica reported, customs police destroyed more than 12 million contraband cigarettes. According to the National Customs Service, the 12,170,000 cigarettes were of the Elephant and Modern brands and entered the country as contraband and without permits for consumption issued by the Ministry of Health. With an estimated commercial value of cigarettes could be more than $340,860, customs officials said then. The destruction was carried out in a sanitary landfill located in the town of Paraíso* in Cartago in the presence of customs officials, said the report. This ruling to destroy the cigarettes was issued by a judge after their confiscation by the Fiscal Control Police and agents of the customs agency at Juan Santamaría* airport. "The fight against smuggling and more when it threatens public health must be tireless," said Juan Carlos Gómez, general director of customs. Another case of confiscation of illegal products was May 14, when police seized more than 13,000 units of illegal personal care products. Deodorants of different brands, mouth rinses, colognes, pills, toothpaste and sanitary napkins, among others, were part of the 13,835 products that were confiscated. According to the police report, this operation was on Route 32, where, during a roadblock carried out by these police forces, a truck containing the merchandise was stopped. These products did not have the Ministry of Health stamp, so they were considered illegal, officials said. "We will continue to reinforce the roadblocks and the operations to dismantle these contraband maneuvers," said Irving Malespín, director of the Fiscal Control Police. The merchandise was moved to a fiscal warehouse so that customs can proceed with the calculation of the taxes not paid and authorize their destruction. The driver of the truck was apparently hired to move the merchandise, so he was not arrested. However, agents of the Ministry of Finance are continuing trying to find the owners of the apparent illegal merchandise. Another case was also reported in May, when the authorities of the State Phytosanitary Service of the Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Fiscal Control Police, seized a total of 203 packages of goods of Chinese origin including rice, stems, leaves, nuts, and roots, which were detected in a preliminary inspection. The merchandise that was confiscated in Chinatown* in San José was a total of two and a half tons and was in a warehouse that was owned by a company that, in turn, has supermarkets registered in its name. The authorities determined that the products entered the country without due phytosanitary controls and are considered illegal merchandise. "In addition, after reviewing the company, it was found that it was only registered to import rice and that the record was two years overdue," said Nelson Morera, head of Phytosanitary Control. " The Fiscal Control Police have received complaints about this type of business," said Malespín. "These contraband products endanger the health of the citizens." ------------------------------ Have you heard about the seizure of contraband products in your community? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to: news@amcostarica.com |
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