The Civil Court has ordered the destruction of 360 pairs of sports shoes after establishing that they are counterfeit.

The shoes were discovered in a container at Malta Freeport in May. The container was being transshipped to Tunisia

Although the shoes bore the labels Lacoste  and Crocodile the Comptroller of Customs suspected that they were counterfeit, a fact later confirmed by  the trade mark holders.

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