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BY BOY RYAN ZABAL
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KALIBO, Aklan – A 32-year-old man was arrested for selling fake soap and shampoo products.
Andrew San Luis Osorio of Paracale, Camarines Norte, was caught in an entrapment staged by the local police.
A complaint from the 29-year-old Ruby Rose BarrientosMarticio prompted the operation.
Marticio told the police she bought from Osorio more than P25,000 worth of soap and shampoo, only to find out later they were fake.
The products had the brands Safeguard, Sunsilk, Silka, Head and Shoulders, and Palmolive, among others.
Two boxes of assorted products bearing the said brands were seized from Osorio during the entrapment Wednesday.
Contained in the boxes were Safeguard soap of Pure White, Floral White and Papaya variants, and 236 Palmolive NaturalsAvocado Oil and Honey Extract and144 Sunsilkshampoo.
A person in charge of a Procter and Gamble warehouse in Barangay Old Buswang,Joewill Rey Gallo, told the police all the recovered products were “fake.”
Marticio, a resident of SitioGuba, Barangay Tigayon,said she initially bought assorted soap from Osorio for P540.
“I saw him selling at the sidewalk on Sept. 4,” she said in Filipino. “He told me he was getting his supply direct from a company. I never thought the products were fake. My mother once bought soap from him, too, and we’ve been using them.”
“I asked him if I could buy in bulk so I could sell them in Boracay,” said Marticio. “Among his products were Silka, Safeguard, Head and Shoulders, and Palmolive.”
She bought from Osorio products worth P13,235 on Sept. 7 and sold them to retail stores in the island resort.
“A friend complained to me and said one of the soap I sold them had a different odor and color,” said Marticio.
On Sept. 13, Marticio reported to the Boracay Tourist Assistance Center.
Later, police hatched an entrapment to be staged in Purok 3 at the C. Laserna area here.
Marticio participated, pretending to buy P6,400 worth of products.
Osorio was detained at the lockup cell of the local police station. (Aklan Forum Journal/PN)
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