Chennai:Fake deodorants worth 20 million rupees were seized by Customs department officials here on Thursday. Acting on a tip off, the Docks Intelligence unit of
Customs and the Central Excise intercepted two consignments of containers, which
had come from China . "These were all manufactured in China wherein it has been
printed as made in U.K, made in South Africa and these are all fake products and
spurious ones," said C Rajan, Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai. Reportedly,
the first container had 59,424 pieces of fake Denim deodorants and the second
container was stuffed with 59,424 pieces of fake Charlie deodorants. Further investigation
is on to nab the culprits and the network of trade in spurious items.
