Login£500,000 of illicit goods seized at Fair
Counterfeit perfumes and sunglasses were among items found at the Appleby Horse Fair
Posted 12 June 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|North West
UPDATES: Westmorland and Furness Trading Standards seized counterfeit perfumes, fake designer sunglasses and potentially unsafe electrical goods worth around £500,000 at Appleby Horse Fair, in a multi-agency operation targeting illicit and substandard products.
Counterfeit perfumes, fake designer sunglasses and potentially unsafe electrical goods were among the £500,000 worth of illicit products seized by Westmorland and Furness Council Trading Standards Officers at this year’s Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria (6-12 June).
The clampdown on illegal and substandard goods resulted in a haul of 2,500 pairs of sunglasses and nearly 200 bottles of p...
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