Two counterfeit shops hidden inside a' filthy' and 'incredibly dangerous' building near Strangeways have been shut down by police. This week officers visited the building on Great Duice Street which had previously been closed by the city council.
After breaking in through a 'heavily secured door' they were immediately 'greeted with an overwhelming stench of rat urine and faeces' Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. They then found two shops full of counterfeit clothes hidden behind the shutters.
Chiefs say the 'filthy' was in a 'dilapidated state', including its electricity being abstracted from a neighbouring building and that anyone visiting was potentially putting their life at risk. 'A lot of effort had gone into hiding this shop from authorities.'
