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Police Destroy Counterfeit Goods Worth More Than K2 Million
The Zambia Police intellectual property unit in Solwezi has destroyed counterfeit products worth K2,392,396.
The counterfeit products included DVDs and CDs valued at K248,580, mobile phones worth K2, 095, 396 and fake Protex herbal soap valued at K48,016.
Speaking during the destruction exercise at the council dump site yesterday, Mr Nkaka said the sale of counterfeit products has devastating effects on the country’s economy.
Mr Nkaka said it is sad that Government has continued to lose a lot of revenue which can be used to build infrastructure like hospitals and roads through the sale of counterfeit products.
He warned distributors and retailers of counterfeit products that the law will visit them and advised them to lay their hands off other people’s genuine products.
“I would like, therefore, to warn all the distributors and retailers that the law will sternly visit them and let me also warn the perpetrators of intellectual property crimes that they should lay their hands off people’s genuine products,” Mr Nkaka said.
Posted by Kunda
on January 31, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Umupandapwiti
January 31, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Were Chinese gong’a Nokia phones among the destroyed items?
Pretty
January 31, 2014 at 3:34 pm
Too bad for the distributors and retailers their losses……..but we the consumers thank God for ensuring we pay for quality.
Diggers
January 31, 2014 at 4:26 pm
Good move.
club zero
January 31, 2014 at 5:31 pm
Hope the office in charge is not goin to be the dealer same goods.
pele
January 31, 2014 at 9:25 pm
Police keep it up. Mr sibote you are a hard worker. How far have you gone with prostitutes you arrested last time. Are they still under custody.
Mrs. Chipili
February 1, 2014 at 12:04 am
The prostitutes have been destroyed as they were found to be counterfeit!!
Jay-C
February 1, 2014 at 11:02 am
Hahahah @Mrs. Chipili u made me laugh, good way of gettn rid of the night workers