Counterfeit Watch Bust in Surat
Surat: In a recent operation, the Mahidharpura police took action against two shops accused of selling fake watches. Following a complaint from a known watch company, authorities seized 979 counterfeit watches valued at Rs 2.78 lakh and arrested two individuals involved in the operation.
Gaurav Tiwari, a legal advisor for Titan Company Ltd, reported that the shops—Metro Traders and Alam Traders—were peddling watches marked with their brand name, raising suspicions of counterfeiting.
Acting on Tiwari’s complaint, Inspector D U Barad led the raid. “We first visited Metro Traders located at Vishnu Apartments near Maskati Hospital, where we discovered the owner, Jatin Chopra, selling the counterfeit watches. We seized 513 fake watches worth Rs 1.83 lakh. Following this, we proceeded to Alam Traders in the Galemandi area, where we confiscated another 466 fake watches worth Rs 95,900 from the shop owner, Salman Shaikh,” Barad stated.
Authorities are now preparing to take further legal action under the Copyright Act.
