Five gets a year in jail for selling counterfeit vehicle spare parts: Bahrain

TDT | Manama

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The minor criminal court jailed five people for one year and deported four for selling counterfeit automotive parts in the Kingdom.

The court also slapped a fine of BD3,000 on a company and a person in the case.

According to court files, police arrested the suspects for displaying and selling fake parts having trademarks owned by others.

The court ruled that the activities of the accused resulted in misleading the public and deceiving them.

Incidents leading to the case occurred last June, with the Public Prosecution receiving a communication from the Ministry of Industry of Commerce and Tourism.

The ministry said they found several counterfeit car spare parts, boxes, bags and stickers prepared for re-packing and changing the product data during an inspection at a warehouse.

The illegal imitations were allegedly for putting on display at stores advertising as genuine spare parts.

Police arrested three employees of the commercial establishment for violating commercial registration rules.

The arrests followed a tip-off received.

Accordingly, the Public Prosecution kicked off an investigation and ordered their detention for seven days, pending investigation.

Police also seized counterfeit goods and tools used by the perpetrators.