Baltimore Customs Agents Seize Over 50K Counterfeit Face Masks
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Nearly 59,000 face masks were seized by Baltimore customs agents because they featured fake, trade-marked logos.
That includes several designer brands, sports teams, carmakers and cartoon characters.
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Altogether, the suggested retail price of these masks is more than $2.5 million.
In the past six weeks, agents have also seized fake COVID-19 medications, tests and antibody test kits at ports all over the Mid-Atlantic.
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