Surrey RCMP seize dozens of counterfeit smartphones [Video]

Mounties in Surrey have seized more than 100 counterfeit smartphones and dozens of other items in an investigation that began with a suspicious package last December.

The seized package contained “what appeared to be multiple new Apple iPhones in their original packages with corresponding receipts,” Surrey RCMP said in a news release Friday.

“However, upon further investigation, the phones were determined to be counterfeit and the receipts were fraudulent.”

The detachment’s south community response unit continued investigating and learned that the counterfeit smartphones and “other well-produced counterfeit products” were being sold as genuine across the Lower Mainland in a “sophisticated” operation, police said.

In late June, the team executed two search warrants – one at a home on 135 Street near 69 Avenue in Surrey and the other at a home on 124 Avenue near 217 Street in Maple Ridge.

Surrey RCMP said they seized the following items in the …