1,500 fake watches are seized on the way to Texas
C.B.P. News Release
CBP Louisville Seizes More Than $900K in Counterfeit Watches
(Tuesday, June 28, 2011)
Louisville, IL - Louisville Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the UPS express consignment facility recently seized a shipment of counterfeit watches with a Manufacture’s Suggested Retail Price of $933,318. The shipment, imported from China, infringed upon the intellectual property rights of Armani, Cartier, Lacoste and Breitling corporations.
“This is an outstanding example of how we protect the American public from high priced sub standard counterfeit goods,â€