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Barking and Dagenham – Thousands of counterfeit everyday goods seized
Thousands of pounds’ worth of counterfeit and unsafe goods seized in Barking. Read more . . .
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Newcastle – Biggest seizure of counterfeit goods in Newcastle
£1.5m of illegal goods seized in Newcastle self-storage. Read more . . .
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North Northamptonshire – Illegal tobacco seized
More than £250,000 of illegal tobacco seized from Kettering storage. Read more . . .
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Walsall – Largest ever haul of illegal vapes and counterfeit goods uncovered in Walsall raid.
Approximately £1.4 million of illegal vapes and counterfeit goods have been uncovered by Walsall Trading Standards officers following a joint...
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Walsall – Illegal goods with a retail value of approximately £365,000 were seized in an operation
100 kilos of tobacco, 287,000 cigarettes and 350 vapes seized in Walsall. Read more . . .
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South Gloucestershire – Fake vehicle parts seized
Safety warning as more than 3,600 illegal parts seized by officials in South Gloucestershire self-storage raid. Read more . . .
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GREATER MANCHESTER – £6 million in counterfeit goods seized
Police and Trading Standards officers seized an estimated £6 million in counterfeit goods from industrial units in Rochdale. Read more
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WALSALL – illegal tobacco seized
£500k worth of illegal tobacco seized in Walsall. Read more
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MANCHESTER – 12,000 counterfeits seized
12,000 counterfeit items seized from a self storage facility in Manchester. Read more
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Staffordshire – Illicit tobacco seized
Trading Standards officers at Staffordshire County Council have seized illicit cigarettes and tobacco with a retail value of over £50,000. Read more
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PORTSMOUTH – illicit goods seized from self storage facilities
February 2024 Operation Foxglove - 32 pallets of goods seized from three self storage facilities. Read more
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Durham – Fake goods seized in run up to Christmas
A large haul of counterfeit luxury designer goods, estimated to be worth tens of thousands of pounds, has been seized read more
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Greater Manchester – Illegal medicines seized
Illegal medicines seized in police raids in Bury and Manchester. Read more
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Falkirk – Illegal cigarettes seized
Large haul of illegal cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco seized. Read more
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Greater Manchester – Operation Vulcan
3 July 2023 Operation Vulcan’s latest counterfeit seizure in Cheetham Hill breaks UK record and ranks amongst largest globally. Read more
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GREATER MANCHESTER: OPERATION VULCAN
Operation Vulcan take on the suppliers of counterfeit goods. Read more
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GREATER MANCHESTER: RECORD SEIZURE OF ILLEGAL TOBACCO
Bolton Council Trading Standards and GMP seize record £4.1m of illegal tobacco - believed to be one of the biggest seizures of its kind in the UK....
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GREATER MANCHESTER: COUNTERFEITS SEIZED FROM WAREHOUSE
£1.2million worth of counterfeit items seized from distribution warehouse in raid that aims to cripple the supply chain. Read more
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STOKE-ON-TRENT: COUNTERFEIT CIGARETTES SEIZED
Intelligence-led investigation success with over £80k of counterfeit cigarettes found. Read more
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ROCHDALE: MAJOR COUNTERFEITING NETWORK HIT
Rochdale Trading Standards has disrupted a multi-million-pound criminal counterfeiting operation. Read more
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GREATER LONDON: COUNTERFEIT CARPETS WARNING
Ealing residents warned about counterfeit Christmas presents. More than 3,000 counterfeit designer carpets seized. Read more
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GREATER LONDON: ILLEGAL CIGARETTES SEIZED
More than 60,000 illegal cigarettes seized during Tower Hamlet raid. Read more
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SOUTHALL BUSINESSMAN FINED FOR STOCKING UNLICENSED ERECTILE PILLS
Businessman pleads guilty to storing counterfeit Jack Daniel’s lighters, BMW lighters, Liverpool FC ashtrays and Superman stickers in a 12-foot...
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OPERATION ROMEO ROCHDALE
Police and Rochdale Trading Standards Officers recovered £500k worth of counterfeit goods found in self storage facility raids. 28th April 2022 -...
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WARNING ISSUED AS ‘ZAMZAM’ HOLY WATER FOUND IN EALING COULD BE FAKE
Counterfeit Zamzam water found in storage facility imported from Turkey. References: Ealing trading standards, counterfeit Zamzam water, unsafe...
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£1.5 MILLION OF FAKE CLOTHES AND SHOES SEIZED IN WALSALL RAID
Walsall Trading Standards Officers seized large quantities of counterfeit clothing and footwear from self storage facility. References: Walsall...
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OP ALTHAM GREENWICH
In March 2022 the self storage unit was visited and a pallet of counterfeit phone batteries was seized. Enquiries are ongoing. References: Royal...
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OP ALTHAM GREENWICH
Op Altham is an investigation by the Royal Borough of Greenwich Trading Standards Service into the supply of counterfeit mobile phone accessories...
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OPERATION WICKET SHEFFIELD
Coordinated raids in Sheffield, Rochdale, and Scotland targeting tobacco sellers. More than half-a-million cigarettes and 2,000 packets of hand...
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OPERATION AFFORD ROCHDALE
Whilst Rochdale Trading Standards were conducting searches at a self storage facility they discovered a container containing prescription and class...
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YORKSHIRE SELF STORAGE UNIT RAIDS
Large quantities of illegal cigarettes seized from self storage units in Kirkstall and Headingley areas of Leeds. Officers from HM Revenue and...
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ARREST AND STORAGE UNIT SEARCH IN MANCHESTER
Specialist officers arrested a subject early on Saturday morning. Subject seen driving around Manchester city centre. Subject identified as a mapped...
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BIGGEST EVER POLICE OPERATION AGAINST COUNTERFEITING SEES OVER £500M WORTH OF GOODS SEIZED
“Officers raided 55 units within the storage facility, all full of fake goods.” “Counterfeit perfume factories, counterfeit shoes, clothing,...
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MANCHESTER SELF STORAGE UNIT RAIDS
Large quantities of counterfeit goods seized from self storage units in Strangeways, Manchester. Police make several arrests. References: Tick Box...
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Trading Standards Scotland £3 million seizure
Counterfeit goods seized by Trading Standards Scotland from storage containers in the Glasgow area During 2021, Trading Standards Scotland led a...