Police seize £2.5million of counterfeit goods in shipping containers in Southall
By Dimitris Kouimtsidis
26th Aug 2021 | Local News
POLICE officers have seized £2.5million worth of suspected counterfeit clothes and electronic devices after they opened up 22 shipping containers in Southall.
Warrants were executed on Thursday, April 15, on the back of information received by Trading Standards of counterfeit goods being stored at an address on Enterprise Way.
Officers have seized goods including fake designer belts, bags, ear pods and mobile phones, among other things.
No arrests have been made so far, but officers are continuing to investigate.
Sergeant Guy Rooney, from Southall's Safer Neighbourhoods Team, said: "The sheer amount of imitation designer clothes and electronic goods seized this morning (April 15) is astonishing.
"We know that criminality at this level is often linked to other crimes in the capital, including but not limited to modern slavery and money laundering.
"Partnership working and intelligence sharing with Trading Standards and ACG has enabled the MPS to lend assets from the service which have ultimately led to this morning's impressive haul of knock-off items, and will no doubt put a serious dent in these rogue traders' enterprise."
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