This Thursday the authorities At least three million illegal Asian products seized in Durango with cost more than 350 million pesos.
At a press conference, Governor Alejandro Villegas Villarreal said the goods were secured thanks to anonymous complaints about the sale of these goods. illegal and harmful products which were offered at Durango metropolitan establishments.
We estimate about three million units worth more than P350 million.
The operation, carried out under the leadership of the General Prosecutor’s Office and in which, in addition to the Prosecutor’s Office for External Security and the State Secretariat of Public Security, was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the National Guard, was carried out in the premises Mega Oriental, Chino and Up Shopping shopping center, which together occupied about 14,000 square meters.
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Fake weight loss products seized
Villegas Villarreal explained that the stores They did not comply with Civil Protection instructions. and, above all, they did not have the appropriate operational notice.
Although the products were mostly not labeled in Spanish, only in Chinese, they did not have expiration dates visible and were misleading.
Products have been identified that advertise misleading benefits such as weight loss and there are no records of them.
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confiscated products
Clothing and garments
Compose
Cleaning products
Personal hygiene items
Toys
Christmas products
stuffed animals
Electrical and electronic products.
Food
Pet Products
Personal hygiene items
Lingerie and intimate wear
Perfumery
Women’s backpacks and bags
These actions are part of Operation Cleanup, a strategy that Mexico’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said aims to protect consumers of these products, as well as the small and medium-sized merchants who are “most affected” by these stores. that they are selling illegal goods.
“We cannot allow the sale of products that do not have medical registration, this is incredible, they could put the population at risk,” he emphasized.
He also recalled that since the beginning of the reign of President Claudia Sheinbaum, on October 1, five states were visited to confiscate illegal goods.
“And we think the entire country will be completed by February,” Ebrard said. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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