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Hong Kong Customs seizes suspected counterfeit goods worth over $7.6 million in "Time Shield" operation (with photos)
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     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 been released on bail pending further investigation.
      
     Customs appeals to consumers to purchase goods at reputable shops or websites to avoid buying counterfeit or infringing goods. Practitioners in the logistics industry should also comply with the requirements of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO) and to check with the trademark owners or authorised agents if the authenticity of a product is in doubt.
     
     Customs will continue to step up inspections and conduct intelligence-led enforcement to vigorously combat different types of counterfeit and infringing goods activities.
      
     Under the TDO, any person who imports or exports or sells or possesses for sale any goods to which a forged trademark is applied commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.
      
     Members of the public may report any suspected counterfeiting activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).
 
Ends/Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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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 about 7 000 items of suspected counterfeit goods with an estimated market value of over $7.6 million. Photo shows some of the suspected counterfeit goods seized.
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 about 7 000 items of suspected counterfeit goods with an estimated market value of over $7.6 million. Photo shows some of the suspected counterfeit watches seized.
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 about 7 000 items of suspected counterfeit goods with an estimated market value of over $7.6 million. Photo shows some of the suspected counterfeit watches seized.