Dr B Thomas (Special Correspondent)
T
he CCB officials arrested a man selling duplicate watches of international brands on the footpath of HKP road in Shivajinagar on Thursday.
Based on a tip off,a team of police rushed to the spot and arrested Syed Ahmed and seized the watches from him.
The watches are duplicate but have the logos of international brands including Rado,Rolex, Hublot,Tissot,Fossil,Guccci,HUEUR,MC Laren, Diesel,Police,Carter,Micheal Kores and Omega.
Ahmed told the police that he had sourced the watches from his contacts in Mumbai and selling it to Shivajinagar area due to the demand.
The watches he was selling it to throwaway prices .
Police suspect that Syed is part of inter state duplicate product racket.The accused has been taken into custody while efforts are on to track down others who are on the run.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,CH Pratap Reddy, has appreciated Joint CP,Crime,Raman Gupta,DCP Crime-1, Dr SD Sharanappa,and his whole team for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by them he added.
