LoginOxford Street raid nabs £100,000 fakes
Counterfeit and illegal goods have been seized in a raid on an Oxford Street retailer
Posted 12 April 2022 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|London
UPDATES: Trading standards officers seized more than £100,000 worth of counterfeit goods, illegal vaping products and snus during a major enforcement operation targeting illicit trade on London's Oxford Street.
A joint operation between Westminster City Council Trading Standards and the Metropolitan Police has seized around £100,000 worth of counterfeit and illegal goods from a shop on London’s Oxford Street.
The haul included almost 4,500 disposable vapes which contained excessive levels of nicotine or which failed to conform to UK safety standards.
Also seized were 420 counterfeit v...
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