Police in Linxia city, Gansu province, say they have broken a cross-province ring selling sports shoes bearing counterfeit registered trade marks, The Paper reported on 25 October, citing the Linxia police WeChat account. Officers caught ten suspects in Xiong’an, Hebei, and Fuyang, Anhui, and seized more than 1,500 pairs of counterfeit branded sports shoes. Police put the preliminary value of the case at more than 5 million yuan. The case was run under the “Kunlun” special campaign. [1]

According to the police account, officers from the city bureau’s environmental, food and drug crime unit noticed during routine market checks that a local merchant was selling several well-known brands of sports shoes online at about a tenth of the market price, mainly to buyers in Qinghai, Tibet and elsewhere. Investigators say suppliers outside Gansu stockpiled the shoes, while sellers in Linxia sold them through online platforms. [1]

With guidance from the Linxia prefecture police, the task force made the arrests in Xiong’an and Fuyang and closed one storage site. All ten suspects have been placed under criminal compulsory measures and the case is still being handled. Police said related cross-regional leads involving businesses have been passed to the local police for checking. The report does not name the brands or say when the operation took place. [1]

Sources

1. The Paper (澎湃新闻), via Sohu. 甘肃临夏警方破获跨省销售假冒注册商标商品案，抓获10名涉案人. Published 2026-10-25 15:53 Beijing time. Chinese. Byline: Not shown (citing the Linxia Public Security WeChat account). Accessed 26 October 2026. Working English title translation: Gansu Linxia police crack cross-province case of selling goods bearing counterfeit registered trade marks, 10 people caught (working translation).