The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs has seized 1,750 counterfeit face masks in an operation at a premises in Puchong, near Kuala Lumpur.

Ministry enforcement director Iskandar Halim Sulaiman said a 30-year-old local man was also arrested on suspicion of selling the face masks online.

“Four Domestic Trade Ministry enforcement officers from Putrajaya disguised themselves as buyers and contacted the seller, which eventually led them to the location where the face masks were packaged.

"The operation was carried out after a report lodged by the trademark owner of the Cross Protection brand face mask, upon suspecting that the goods sold online were fake," Iskandar said in a statement last night.

The officers, together with the police, seized 35 boxes of the counterfeit items worth some RM1,575, on Monday, he said, adding that the suspect's modus operandi was to purchase generic facemasks from China and re-package them.

- Bernama

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