RAB seals fake cosmetics factories

A mobile court of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has sealed 17 fake cosmetics-manufacturing factories in the capital’s Bangshal area.

The owners of two factories have also been sentenced to two years in jail.

RAB magistrate AHM Anwar Pasha led the five-hour long drive that commenced on Monday morning.

He said RAB also destroyed 10-truckloads of fake cosmetic goods following the raid. Two persons -- 'Anwar' and 'Sanwar' -- were detained.

Magistrate Anwar told bdnews24.com, “We conducted a sudden drive at Moina Haji’s premises near Matitola Mosque and Chitra Cinema. We found that fake cosmetics goods worth hundreds of thousands of taka were being manufactured there.

“Later, we decided to seal 17 manufacturing units and their store houses.”

bdnews24.com’s staff correspondent Kamal Talukder reported from the scene that fake cosmetic goods of local and foreign brands were stocked in two factories. The first floor was used as manufacturing unit.

Detained Anwar said they used to buy empty deodorant bottles from the streets and fill them with fake deodorants before selling them.

Worker Mashiur, who joined one of the factories a few months ago, told bdnews24.com, “Here my job is to paste the labels on deodorant bottles."

RAB’s Keraniganj camp officer Major Shamim Ahmed, Lalbagh camp officer Md Kowser and other officers took part in the drive.