Duo selling fake automobile parts caught

The Dubai Police on Tuesday arrested two Asian traders who had allegedly been selling fake automobile spare parts of well-known brands to other traders. The duo had been staying in the country for the past 20 years.

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Afkar Ali Ahmed

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Published: Wed 30 May 2012, 10:19 AM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 11:38 AM

Lt-Colonel Salah bu Seaba, Director of the Anti-Economic Crimes Department, said the goods seized included 9,400 oil filters and 52,000 petrol filters of Toyota, 2,507 brakes and 1,000 boxes of other spare parts worth Dh9 million. He added that the police received information from some traders in the beginning of this month about a trader who sold counterfeit spare parts to them. The police formed a team and started investigation which resulted in detecting the movement of two traders who drove pickup cars to a warehouse in Sharjah.

In coordination with the Sharjah Police, the Dubai cops raided the warehouse and found a large quantity of goods ready for distribution. The two men who were arrested confessed that they were fake spare parts.

The police confiscated the goods and notified the municipality to withdraw the spare parts distributed by the duo from the market. The suspects have been referred to the Public Prosecution.

afkarali@khaleejtimes.com


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