‘Counterfeit Street’ To Be Flattened
Thursday, 27th October 2022 at 7:04pmThe Manchester Evening News website reports that the city’s infamous ‘Counterfeit Street’ is to be bulldozed, in a radical move to smash a “national magnet for criminality”.
Buildings on Bury New Road are to be closed, compulsory purchased, and then flattened, in an operation to erase for good dozens of shops in the area which sell fake clothing, perfume, tobacco and toys.
Police believe that the shops are also a front for more serious crimes, with 33 organised crime gangs from across the UK allegedly having links to the area.
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