WINSTON LEE, A St. Andrew businessman who pleaded not guilty to selling fake Baba Roots, had the case withdrawn against him when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
The charges were withdrawn after Patrick Bailey, the attorney representing Lee, told the court that his client was caught in a scam being done by Baba Roots distributors. "The fraudulent labels are being created by one of their distributors and innocent people like Mr. Lee are being duped into buying the fraudulent products," Bailey told the court.
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He also showed the court a fraudulently-labelled bottle and one that was the real roots drink to demonstrate how close the fraudulent Baba Roots resembled the fake one.
Allegations are that on October 5 between 11:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., the police raided Lee's supermarket. It is reported that 35 bottles of the fake drink were found on the shelves. The police reportedly searched the warehouse and found another 96 bottles. Lee was arrested.
After Bailey stated his case, the investigating officer then told the Resident Magistrate Martin Gayle that he felt the accused had thought he was buying the genuine products when he purchased the items and asked for the charges to be withdrawn.
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