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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protections, the CBP seized 13 counterfeit Rolex watches and 12 pairs of designer brand sunglasses in Pittsburgh on June 6th. This information was released on Thursday and according to that release, the shipment was destined to a Pittsburgh address and manifested as “Empty Poly Bag Ladies Hand Bag” and the shipment contained six Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust models, five Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona models, and two Rolex Diamond Iced-Out models, and sunglasses bearing Burberry, Chanel, Gucci, Miu Miu, and Valentino brand names. If these products would have been authentic, $573,200 would be the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. The United Arab Emirates is where the items arrived from before being suspected counterfeit. The items were detained for further review by CBP officers, who suspected them counterfeit. These items were inspected by CBP officers initially on April 27th.