Customs officers also carry out spot checks in districts and discover counterfeit mooncakes for sale
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested two people over smuggled counterfeit goods worth HK$1 million (US$128,570), including more than 170 boxes of fake Maxim’s mooncakes.
The Customs and Excise Department said on Tuesday that other than the mooncakes, it had seized 3,700 items of suspected counterfeit goods including apparel, accessories, proprietary Chinese medicines, perfumes, cosmetics and skincare products in an operation that began on August 27.
Officers examined a 40-foot cargo container arriving from mainland China declared to be carrying vehicle parts at the Tuen Mun River Trade Terminal Customs Cargo Examination Compound.
They found about 96 boxes of suspected counterfeit mooncakes and 1,000 other goods that appeared to be fakes.
