Customs officials in Burgas seized 33,692 counterfeit children's toys and articles during 3 separate inspections of sea containers with goods from China. This was announced by the Customs Agency.

After a risk analysis, the containers were selected for thorough inspections. They contained groupage goods from China to Bulgaria. The recipients are three Bulgarian companies, and the senders are various companies from China.

One of the containers, according to the documents, contained vending machines for children's toys, children's trampolines, and spare parts for them. During the inspection, undeclared 18,673 children's toys, children's watches, keychains and accessories were discovered. They were hidden in factory boxes of the declared toy vending machines. A large part of the smuggled children's articles have images of famous cartoon characters and protected trademarks.

In another container with groupage goods from China, undeclared 10,000 tokens and 129 spare parts, also for children's gaming devices, were found. In the third case, undeclared 4,890 anti-stress balls were found in boxes, hidden between declared goods from China.

The smuggled total of 33,692 articles were seized. Three administrative and penal proceedings will be initiated in these cases.