KUNMING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Furtively looking around, he took the passage reserved for travelers with nothing to declare.

But the customs officers stopped him and put his luggage through an X-ray machine, revealing a swag of Nokia-branded mobile phones.

Minutes later, another man going to board the same international flight from Kunming to Dacca at noon Friday was found carrying 243 "Nokia" mobile phones in his trunk.

Both the Bangladeshi men failed to provide legal certificates to prove the source of the phones, which had no batteries, chargers or packaging.

Customs police suspected the phones might be counterfeit and withheld them temporarily for further evaluation by Nokia technicians.

If confirmed as counterfeit, Airport Customs chief Yang Zejun told Xinhua, the items would be seized in line with the law. As they remained under investigation, the two men's names were not revealed.

Yang said an increasing number of companies from home and broad were working with Customs to protect their intellectual property rights (IPR).

Kunming Customs figures show more than 1,000 fake Nokia cell phones had been found so far this year. During the first quarter, problematic imports and exports worth more than 300,000 yuan had been intercepted at the airport, compared to 400,000 yuan for the whole of last year.
                                                                                 　　　　　　　　　Source:Xinhua