A factory set up to add brand logos to fake clothing has been uncovered. The strike by police and trading standards officers is the latest in an all out war against Manchester's infamous Counterfeit Street.
The shabby gateway to the city in the Strangeways area of Bury New Road is a nest of criminality according to GMP, with links to 33 organised crime groups. The force has vowed to close down, compulsory purchase, and ultimately demolish buildings being used to flog hooky clothing, perfume, accessories, and illicit prescription drugs.
In a series of raids in the last five weeks Operation Vulcan officers have already recovered illicit prescription drugs worth millions of pounds from one shop; seized 20 tonnes of knock-off clothing; and come down hard on rogue drivers, prosecuting 33 people for speed offences, seizing 26 vehicles.
