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Kathleen Speirs

Fake Rangers and Eintracht Frankfurt scarves seized by Seville cops in city raid

Police in Seville have seized 400 fake Europa League final scarves in a counterfeit crackdown.

Officers uncovered three people selling the bogus gear to punters at three different locations in the city.

Images of the fake Rangers and Eintracht Frankfurt clobber was released by Emergencias Sevilla, an organisation affiliated with the local council, on Wednesday.

Two photographs show huge piles of scarves; some bearing a blue and white 'Rangers' design while other black, red and white scarves show the German side's emblem.

Police taking the bogus clobber away as 'legal proceedings' were 'opened against three people' (TWITTER)

According to Emergencias Sevilla 'legal proceedings' are underway against the three people arrested.

The Ibrox side take on Eintracht Frankfurt at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium at 9pm on Wednesday.

We told how thousands of Rangers fans have descended on the Andalusian city in the hope Giovanni van Bronckhorst's squad will lift the European title.

Red flares were hurled towards a large group of Rangers fans at a bar in Seville (TWITTER)

It comes as five Germans were arrested in Seville after scenes of carnage saw Eintracht Frankfurt ultras try to attack Rangers fans.

Chaos erupted on Tuesday night as balaclava-clad thugs launched a series of red flares and lobbed glass bottles at Gers supporters who had gathered in the street to party.

Horrifying footage shared by Spanish media outlets shows baton-wielding riot cops emerge from a convoy of vans while other officers attempt to control the area.

The hooligans brazenly approached heavily-armed officers standing between them and the Scottish fans before hurling their missiles as extra police reached the scene.

A spokesman for Spain’s National Police, in an early appraisal of Tuesday night's violence, said: “Five people, all German nationals, have been arrested.”

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