Roissy: seized of 35.390 false cuban cigars the customs officers of the cell of targeting of the freight of Roissy have just carried out their fourth seizure of cigars of the counterfeit in four months and most important realized in France to date, with 35.390 cigars of a value estimated at more than 365 000 euros. These forgeries were particularly difficult to detect, insofar as they formed part of a batch of 100.000 articles, coming from Panama and bound for HongKong, of which two thirds were authentic. With the assistance of an expert, the customs officers however managed "to disentangle the truth of the forgery" and to extract from the loading 1.612 boxes of counterfeits of several very known marks of cuban cigars, in particular MONTECRISTO, PARTAGAS, BOLIVAR, COHIBA, DIPLOMATICOS... This observation is the fourth carried out by the customs officers of Roissy since May 2, which confirms the emergence of a current of fraud of this type of product, because no seizure of cigars of counterfeit had been carried out in France before this date. The seizure of May 2 related to 4.618 cigars and 1.053 labels originating in Dominican Republic and bound for. The second, June 7, 6.400 cigars coming from Guatemala and bound for Saint-Marteen. The third, July 10, 30.755 empty boxes and 51.000 labels counterfeiting marks HABANOS OF CUBA and COHIBA. The loading was coming from Bulgaria and bound for the Dominican Republic, where the false cigars were probably produced for which this packing was intended.
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