20/10/2004

Five arrested in counterfeit operation

Police have arrested five people and seized a number of items in relation to a counterfeit goods probe following a number of searches in Belfast, Larne and Bangor.

Tuesday’s searches were a follow-up to an operation in September when police seized £175,000 worth of counterfeit CDs, DVDs, clothing and jewellery during the Auld Lammas Fair in Ballycastle.

Two 16-year-olds, one male and one female, are among those expected to appear before magistrates on Wednesday.

(MB/GMCG)

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