Category Archives: Counterfeit Brands

As reported on the BBC News website, detectives have seized 70 tonnes of counterfeit items hidden inside more than 150 shipping containers, during a 48-hour search of a site on the outskirts of Manchester.

Police officers have linked the shipping containers to the illegal trade in fake goods on Bury New Road.

The Birmingham Live website reports that Saqlain Nawaz who operated two retail units selling counterfeit clothing has been jailed for 27 months.

Investigators raided one store and seized a vast range of high-value brand copies, including Nike, Adidas, Moncler, Stone Island, Louis Vuitton and Hermes.

The Liverpool Echo website reports that a trader caught with fake designer goods and toys from Apple AirPods to Zepter knife sets has been fined nearly £4,000.

Trading Standards officers removed 186 high-value items and designer goods valued at more than £30,000 from Darren Spendlove over a six-month period.

According to The Argus website, two brothers who ran market stalls in Rye have been convicted of breaching the Trade Marks Act after being caught selling counterfeit trainers.

Following a test purchase in October and a further visit in December 2021 more than 1,000 pairs of fake footwear were seized from stalls owned by Sukhdeav and Hardev Singh.

The BBC News website reports that counterfeit clothing worth more than £6m has been seized by police following a series of raids in Manchester’s Cheetham Hill and Strangeways areas.

Greater Manchester Police said officers had closed down 18 shops over a two-week period.

According to the Evening Standard website, candy store operators on London’s Oxford Street have defied a council crackdown with the number of the ‘eyesores’ returning to record levels.

There are currently 29 US-style candy and souvenir outlets on Europe’s busiest shopping street and during one swoop £215,000 worth of fake goods were seized.