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Lusaka
Province Commissioner of Police,
Dr.
Solomon Jere
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Lusaka Province Commissioner of
Police, Solomon Jere has called on Samsung Electronics Limited to help the
Zambia Police Service with facilities that will ease the disposing of hazardous
materials from confiscated counterfeit Samsung products.
Dr. Jere said the police have the
capacity to confiscate and dispose of counterfeit products but lack facilities
and storage facilities to store counterfeit products before they are destroyed.
He also asked the government to
create an organized body that will consist of officials from both Ministry of
Home Affairs and Ministry of Commence which should stiffen border controls
through which these products into Zambia.
Dr. Jere was speaking at a
press briefing in Lusaka today where Samsung Vice President George Ferreia also
spoke.
At the same occasion, Samsung
Vice President and Chief Operations Officer George Ferreia commended the Zambia
Police Service its work to remove counterfeit products from the market.
Mr. Ferreia however noted that it
was unfortunate that government was losing huge sums of money as this act
limits government income and investors loss confidence.
He has also said that
Samsung is ready to work hand in hand with relevant authorities in Zambia.
Samsung is in Zambia for a
week to conduct awareness that will restore its customers’ confidence and also
educate their customers on counterfeit Samsung products.
He said this following an
operation the police carried out in Lusaka and the Copperbelt provinces
respectively which saw the recovery of K8.2 billion worth of confiscated
Samsung products
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