Manila, Nov. 4 -- The National Bureau of Investigation - Intellectual Property Rights Division (NBI-IPRD) has seized more than PHP344 million worth of fake luxury goods and counterfeit software in separate operations in Pasay, Manila and Pasig, the agency said Tuesday.

In a statement, the NBI said search warrants were implemented on Oct. 28 against four stalls at Baclaran LRT Shopping Mall, three stalls at Baclaran Terminal 1 Building, both in Pasay City, and an establishment in Manila, resulting in the seizure of 3,063 pieces of fake Louis Vuitton products worth PHP 342.668 million.

In a separate operation, NBI-IPRD operatives seized four laptops containing counterfeit engineering software valued around PHP 1.43 million from a company ...