NBI seizes P2-M fake Lacoste products

Some P2 million worth of counterfeit Lacoste products were seized in Quezon City by operatives, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said yesterday.

NBI Special Task Force chief Reynaldo Esmeralda said the fake products were found inside the house and nearby warehouse in Barangay Doña Imelda.

Agents seized 6,852 fake Lacoste shirts, 339 unfinished products, 35 sewing machines and a roll of fake labels and packaging materials.

Esmeralda said his office received a report last week about the production and sale of products that did not have any license from Chemise Lacoste & Crocodile Device Inc.

The task force conducted the operation by virtue of a search warrant issued by Manila Judge Antonio Eugenio Jr. for violation of Republic Act 8293, or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines.

Esmeralda said they are now hunting down the owner of the warehouse.