Hundreds of fake Apple products seized from several businesses
Some of the items seize by Gardai.
Hundreds of fake Apple products have been sized from several businesses across County Mayo as part of an inter-agency operation targeting intellectual property (IP) crime.
Gardaí carried out a two day inter-agency search operation on October 17th and 18th targeting intellectual property (IP) crime in the Castlebar, Westport, Ballinrobe and Claremorris areas.
This operation was conducted by Mayo/Roscommon/Longford Crime Unit, Mayo South Community Engagement, Garda National Immigration Bureau and the Intellectual Property Crime Investigation Unit of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI).
Assistance was provided by Revenue Customs, Workplace Relations Commission and the Social Welfare Special Investigations Unit (SIU).
A number of business premises were searched as part of this operation and over 800 suspected counterfeit items were seized.
These items were fake Apple products (subject to examination) with an estimated loss of revenue of €160,000. No arrests have been made at this time and investigations are ongoing.
