A week of action in Cheetham Hill's 'Counterfeit Street' has left the area feeling 'like a ghost town', police say. Three people were arrested, a number of drugs and vehicles seized and nearly two dozen people fined as officers and council officials flooded the area as part of Operation Vulcan.
The crackdown was launched in a bid to rid Cheetham Hill and Strangeways, the country's capital in the sale of fake goods, of 'serious and organised crime', which they say is linked to the trade.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) say they were this week 'out in full force disrupting the counterfeit trade in the area.'
