Dubai: Dubai Customs have seized seven million counterfeit sexual supplement tablets in a warehouse of a registered local company at the Dry Port in Dubai.
The seizure is considered one of the largest in the region, according to a statement by Ahmad Butti Ahmad, Executive Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation and Director General of Dubai Customs.
Ahmad clarified in the statement that the seized tablets were locally prohibited as proved by the tests on samples, and is of counterfeited sexual supplements bearing trademarks of international companies.
The case is considered an infringement of legal protection of the companies owning such trademarks and a clear violation of the UAE health legislation which prevents selling of these tablets unless a medical prescription is issued by a licensed doctor.
He said the investigations conducted by Dubai Customs revealed that an employee working in the implicated company stored the tablets after receiving it from an Arab trader.
He kept the haul on a dock at the Dry Port Customs Centre which belongs to the referred company in exchange for Dh3,000 a month, without notifying the manager of the company who was outside the UAE.
Ahmad pointed out that the case was transferred to the competent authorities and at the same time confirmed Customs' keenness to combat all attempts which threaten the UAE's safety and economy and harm residents' public health.
Ahmad expressed his appreciation of the Customs Intelligence employees for appropriately handling the information they received about this counterfeited medicine, leading to its seizure.
He also praised Customs inspectors for their vigilance as they work day and night to secure the country and the great role of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Department at Dubai Customs in this regard.
