KUWAIT: Commerce and Industry Ministry inspectors closed down a shop in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh for selling counterfeit clothes that carried labels of famous brands. Large quantities of sports clothes were found and confiscated, the ministry said in a press stating, noting that legal action will be taken.

Separately, the ministry said its inspectors raided a company in Farwaniya which committed commercial fraud, saying violators repaired used tablets and packaged them in boxes to be resold as new items.

The ministry made its move after surveillance for a number of days, it explained, adding that the inspectors confiscated a large quantity of tablets in the company's office. Further legal action is in progress, it further pointed out.