Customs agents in the Port of Ashdod prevented the smuggling a large quantity of labels intended for knockoffs. The labels were hidden in a container from China purportedly claiming to contain rolls of textiles.

The container was marked for a thorough inspection and it contained over 1.8 million labels of Nike, Adidas, Fila, New Balance, Reebok and Converse on more than 7,200 sheets of thin plastic. The smugglers were planning to attack the labels using got glue onto fake products.

In addition, inspectors found 75,000 cloth labels and 7,700 soles marked “Timberland”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)