Counterfeit jeans racket busted in Lawrence Road Industrial Area
Delhi Police on Thursday busted a major counterfeit jeans racket in northwest Delhi’s Lawrence Road Industrial Area, arresting four and seizing large quantities of fake branded apparel, labels, and machinery. The gang produced and sold counterfeit jeans of top international brands such as Levi’s, ZARA, and Calvin Klein (CK).
The arrests were made by the District Investigation Unit (DIU) of the North-West District following multiple raids conducted on February 3 at several premises in the Lawrence Road Industrial Area. The accused has been identified as Md. Shadique Anwar (21) of Azadpur, Roshan Jha (25) of Shakurpur village, Rajesh Gupta (43) of Ashok Vihar Phase-I, and Sajan Kumar (34) of Lawrence Road Industrial Area.
Additional Commissioner of Police (North-West District) Bhisham Singh said the operation exposed a well-organised network making and selling counterfeit branded jeans as genuine products. “A large quantity of fake jeans, labels, tags, and sewing machines has been seized. Such rackets cheat consumers and cause significant losses to legitimate brand owners,” he said. He added that further investigation is underway to trace the supply chain and possible links to other markets.
Police said the action followed a complaint regarding the illegal manufacturing of counterfeit jeans and brand labels using sewing machines. Considering the seriousness of the offence, a special police team was formed.
During a raid at a shop located on the fifth floor of a building on Lawrence Road, police recovered 580 counterfeit Levi’s jeans from the possession of Md. Shadique Anwar. In another raid at a top-floor unit in the same area, the team seized 910 Levi’s jeans, 285 CK jeans, and 25 incomplete CK jeans from Roshan Jha.
