"We will shut you down": Police issue another stark warning as more fake designer gear pulled from Manchester's 'Counterfeit Street'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice have issued another stark warning after yet more fake designer gear was pulled from the shelves along Manchester's notorious 'Counterfeit Street', saying: "We will shut you down".
It's been a year and a half since Greater Manchester Police launched the specialist 'Operation Vulcan', first set up to rid the Cheetham Hill and Strangeways of the counterfeit goods trade and associated organised crime.
Cheetham Hill and Strangeways was also well-known across the UK as the place to go for cheap, fake designer goods. The trade in counterfeit goods was estimated by National Trading Standards to be worth £8.6 billion per year, with the area of Cheetham Hill believed to be linked to almost 50 per cent of this trade, earning it the title of the UK 'capital for counterfeit.' Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go. More than 200 counterfeit shops have since been shut down, over 1,000 tonnes of counterfeit items repurposed and recycled, over half a million pounds in cash seized.
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