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A Group that Falsified 3.5 Million Batteries Falls to Take Advantage of the Blackout Demand
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After the massive blackout of April 28, a criminal network took advantage of the darkness—literal and figurative—to create millions of counterfeit batteries. What seemed like a simple lack of electricity supply became the perfect opportunity to activate its clandestine machinery and try to distribute millions of defective units to businesses around the world. The Cobo Calleja de Fuenlabrada polygon was the star destination to which the merchandi…
A group of counterfeiters saw in the blackout last April 28, when the citizens recalled the convenience of having a flashlight or a battery-powered radio in case the power supply fails, an opportunity to make a box with high battery demand. These products were finished in many shops and the leading manufacturers should have received large orders to replenish them, but the accounts did not come out.
The National Police has dismantled an illegal factory in Yuncler (Toledo) dedicated to producing falsified batteries to distribute them to large centers, something they failed to achieve by intercepting all the material in the largest operation against this type of counterfeiting that is known in Spain and throughout Europe.On April 28, the day of the blackout that affected all Spain, this organization saw the opportunity to mass manufacture all…
The National Police has dismantled an illegal factory in Yuncler (Toledo) dedicated to producing falsified batteries to distribute them to large centers, something they failed to achieve by intercepting all the material in the largest operation against this type of counterfeiting that is known in Spain and throughout Europe.On April 28, the day of the blackout that affected all Spain, this organization saw the opportunity to mass manufacture all…
The National Police has stopped the distribution of 3.5 million highly dangerous false batteries in the Cobo Calleja polygon of Fuenlabrada and other shops by dismantling a clandestine factory in Toledo, which led an organization that wanted to take advantage of the increased demand that caused the April blackout to distribute the products massively in shops and large areas.The police officers of the Provincial Brigade of Aliens and Borders and …
The National Police has stopped the distribution of 3.5 million highly dangerous false batteries in the Cobo Calleja polygon of Fuenlabrada and other shops by dismantling a clandestine factory in Toledo, which led an organization that wanted to take advantage of the increased demand that caused the April blackout to distribute the products massively in shops and large areas. The police officers of the Provincial Brigade of Aliens and Borders and…
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