Container full of fake Hello Kitty, Transformers toys seized

SINGAPORE — A shipment of trademark-infringing goods from Shenzhen, China to shops in Singapore was intercepted and seized by the authorities last week, Singapore Customs said today (May 29).

Customs officers seized a 40-foot container last Tuesday, and found 159 cartons and nine sacks containing an assortment of toys, water bottles, bags and accessories featuring popular superhero and comic characters such as Batman, Captain America, Spider-Man, Superman, Transformers, Barney, Care Bears and Hello Kitty, the agency said in a statement.

Enforcement officers found more trademark-infringing goods when they searched the importer’s office at Playfair Road in MacPherson.

Police arrested a man and a woman for possession of goods with falsely-applied trademarks for the purpose of trade. Investigations are ongoing, the statement said. CHANNEL NEWSASIA

CORRECTION: The headline of the original article said Lego toys were seized. This is wrong. Lego was not among the trademarks infringed in this case. We apologise for the error. This article was updated at 6pm on May 29, 2014.