BUSAN -- Busan police said Wednesday they have arrested a Japanese trader and his South Korean partner on charges of importing and selling hundreds of fake Chanel handbags in South Korea.
The unidentified 55-year-old Japanese suspect is accused of importing a large volume of delicately fabricated luxury Italian handbags into South Korea between March last year and October this year, according to the Busanjin Police Station.
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The Korean accomplice, identified only as a 55-year-old, is charged with selling 181 fake Chanel bags, bought from the Japanese trader, to domestic online shopping malls for 470 million won ($420,000).
Police said the Japanese suspect bought the counterfeit Chanel bags from a fake luxury goods producer in Florence, Italy, and received them by international mail or carried them in person.
They said the Italian imports were super A-class fake luxury goods that contain genuine warranties and are difficult to distinguish from the original products.
The Japanese suspect bought fake Chanel handbags valued at 6 million won each for 2 million won apiece from the Italian producer, and the Korean accomplice resold them to local shopping malls for 4 million won each, they added. (Yonhap)