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Fake cosmetics worth millions seized in Sharjah
Authorities recently seized $2 million (about Dh7.34 million) worth of fake cosmetics from a warehouse in Sharjah.
- By Alia Al Theeb, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:00 August 6, 2006
- Rows of stacked boxes laden with fake cosmetics greeted the authorities who raided a warehouse in Sharjah.
- Image Credit: Gulf News
Sharjah: Authorities recently seized $2 million (about Dh7.34 million) worth of fake cosmetics from a warehouse in Sharjah.
An official of the Economic Department disclosed to Gulf News that an informant gave them the lead on where bootlegged versions of Christian Dior and L'Oreal cosmetics were being kept, prompting them to raid the warehouse.
Faisal Barakat, a partner of Al Sha'ali and Co Advocates and Legal Consultants and head of the Intellectual Properties Department, said the temperature inside the warehouse was above 40 degrees Celsius, hot enough to spoil the products.
He said besides being fake, using these products would likely cause skin irritation and allergies.
An executive at L'Oreal, Paris lauded the authorities for cracking the whip on the counterfeit products trade in the UAE.
Rows of stacked boxes laden with fake cosmetics greeted the authorities who raided a warehouse in Sharjah.
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