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Officers discovered counterfeit football strips during a random freight inspection
Posted 21 September 2022 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|North East
UPDATES: Newcastle Trading Standards has seized hundreds of counterfeit football shirts linked to social media sales, disrupting a supply chain for fake strips with an estimated retail value of more than £20,000.
Officers from Newcastle Trading Standards have seized hundreds of fake football strips following a discovery at Newcastle International Airport.
The total retail value of the fakes, which include Newcastle, Rangers, Liverpool and Real Madrid strips, has been estimated at more than £20,000.
Trading Standards Officers initially intercepted 113 fake Newcastle strips during a rando...
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