The Zambia Police intellectual property unit in Solwezi has destroyed counterfeit products worth K2,392,396.
The counterfeit products included DVDs and CDs valued at K248,580, mobile phones worth K2, 095, 396 and fake Protex herbal soap valued at K48,016.
Speaking during the destruction exercise at the council dump site yesterday, Mr Nkaka said the sale of counterfeit products has devastating effects on the country’s economy.
Mr Nkaka said it is sad that Government has continued to lose a lot of revenue which can be used to build infrastructure like hospitals and roads through the sale of counterfeit products.
He warned distributors and retailers of counterfeit products that the law will visit them and advised them to lay their hands off other people’s genuine products.
“I would like, therefore, to warn all the distributors and retailers that the law will sternly visit them and let me also warn the perpetrators of intellectual property crimes that they should lay their hands off people’s genuine products,” Mr Nkaka said.