Greater Manchester Police have seized more than £6 million worth of knockoff goods in what has become known as the city's ‘Counterfeit Street’.
Police have seized more than £6 million worth of knockoff goods from Manchester’s infamous ‘Counterfeit Street’ as part of an ongoing crackdown known as Operation Vulcan.period has historically been one of the busiest times of year for the counterfeit shops in the Cheetham Hill and Strangeways areas.
Over the past fortnight, police have encountered dilapidated buildings littered with rat urine and faeces, dangerous homemade electricity, hidden weapons, and shops without proper means of escape.The seized Items will be repurposed and recycled, and turned into items the community can benefit from – including coats, hats, insulation, and even energy for houses.
More than 100 people have been arrested on suspicion of a variety of different offences in that time, including 38 for drugs offences. ‘We are seeing excellent progress in the area, and the feedback from the public has been overwhelmingly supportive, but there is still more to be done.‘The criminality has been embedded into the area for decades, and we’re under no illusion that five months of relentless action will solve it, but these results show great strides in the right direction.
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