The Dubai Police General Headquarters confiscated 25 thousand 56 fake fire protection products worth AED 2.5 million during a campaign organized by the Department of Combating Economic Crimes at the General Directorate of Criminal Investigations and Investigations, in cooperation with UL, a specialized organization in security and safety sciences. And Tin Intelligence for commercial information services to ensure that consumers are protected from the risk of using products that do not comply with security and safety standards.

The campaign succeeded in raiding two warehouses in Ras Al Khor Industrial Area in Dubai and confiscating counterfeit goods for fire protection, including equipment, accessories and main disks.

Brigadier General Jamal Salem Al Jallaf, Director of the General Investigation and Criminal Investigation Department at Dubai Police, said that the Department received information about the existence of two warehouses containing counterfeit goods. Local.

Al-Jallaf pointed out that counterfeit goods harm consumers because they lack the required quality and may even endanger their safety, because these products do not conform to security and safety specifications, as well as harm the economy of the state and the owners of the original brands.

For his part, Vice President and General Manager of Yom El Middle East, Hamid Sayed, said that the consequences of using counterfeit goods specialized in the field of fire safety, can be catastrophic, pointing out that counterfeit products do not meet the specifications.

He stressed that the partnership with the security services has a significant impact in the sale and distribution of counterfeit goods across the UAE, pointing out that their mission is to help the authorities to protect consumers from dangerous goods, which did not undergo the necessary testing procedures to ensure the safety of the user.