[(Title)] Two arrested for selling fake whisky on flea market app Mercari.

TSU, MIE PREF. – Police arrested two men Tuesday for allegedly selling fakes of Suntory Spirits Ltd.'s limited-edition 30-year-old Hibiki whisky via a flea market app.

警方星期二逮捕了两名男子，罪名是通过跳蚤市场应用程序销售三得利有限公司限量版30年历史的Hibiki威士忌的假货。

The men, who both work at an antique shop, are suspected of infringing the trademark of Suntory Holdings Ltd., the parent company of Suntory Spirits, as well as cheating a man in Sendai out of ¥990,000.

这两个人在一家古董店工作，涉嫌侵犯三得利控股有限公司的商标，并且用99万日元的价格将假酒卖给了一位仙台的男性。

Takeaki Nemoto, 29, and Yu Sasagawa, 26, both from Tokyo, were arrested by the Mie Prefectural Police on suspicion of fraud and violating the trademark act.

29岁的Takeaki Nemoto和来自东京的26岁的Yu Sasagawa因涉嫌欺诈和违反商标法而被三重县警方逮捕。

The two have admitted to selling the products, but they denied some of the charges, saying that they had no intention of deceiving anyone, according to sources close to the investigation.

消息称，两人承认销售了这些产品，但否认了一些指控，称他们无意欺骗任何人。

They allegedly sold a total of five counterfeits of Hibiki 30 Years on four occasions via the Mercari app, operated by Mercari Inc., to a 29-year-old male corporate employee, around June-July last year.

据称，他们在去年6月至7月期间，通过由Mercari Inc.运营的Mercari应用程序，向一名29岁的男性白领售卖了5瓶号称是Hibiki30年威士忌的假酒。

According to Suntory's website, the company only makes a few thousand bottles of Hibiki 30 Years every year and the whisky costs ¥125,000 a bottle.

根据三得利公司的网站，该公司每年只生产几千瓶Hibiki30年威士忌，每瓶价值125,000日元。

Market prices for Hibiki 30 Years are rising steeply, due to the increased popularity of Japanese whiskies.

由于日本威士忌日益普及，Hibiki30年威士忌的市场价格正在急剧上涨。

According to sources, including those at a police station in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, the boxes and the bottles of the fake products were from authentic Hibiki 30 Years, but the contents had been replaced.

据消息来源称，包括三重县警察局内的消息来源，这些箱子和瓶子都是来自名牌Hibiki的30年威士忌，但瓶里的酒已被更换。

The police station is investigating the source of the counterfeit whiskies.

警察局正在调查假冒威士忌的来源。