Raid nets fake cosmetics

Police have seized about 70 million baht worth of fake cosmetic products bearing the names of 18 brands during a raid on a house in Bangkok’s Suan Luang district.

The seizure was made on March 14 but only announced yesterday at a briefing held by the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Police and FDA officials, armed with a search warrant issued by the Phra Khanong criminal court, searched a rented house in Suan Luang district after an investigation revealed that it was used to store counterfeit cosmetic products.

Pol Col Thanakorn Lerdporn- charoen, deputy head of the CPPD, said the FDA had received many complaints from customers that they had purchased cosmetics of well-known brands online, only to find after using them that they were fake and substandard.

The house where the products were stored was rented by a…