Some 40,000 counterfeit footballs and clothing items have been found in four containers at the Freeport after being intercepted by customs officers.

The Customs Department said two of the containers were found to contain 21,624 items of clothing, all false versions of several popular brands, while the other two contained 19,356 footballs, also fake.

The objects were certified as counterfeit by the legal representatives of the respective copyright holders. The companies will be taking court action against the counterfeiters over the breach of their intellectual property rights.

The Customs Department said the operation was carried out in cooperation with the Container Monitoring Unit and the iScanning Team.

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