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The Latest Breaking News from Counterfeit Street

There's a big plan to make Strangeways posh... 'Counterfeit Street' is in the way

'The economic opportunity possible through this area's rejuvenation and reimagining is immense'

Manchester Evening News · Jul 7, 2023

The Mancunian Way: Mould, rat poison and stairs sawn in half

Police find one of the ‘most dangerous’ premises they’ve seen on Counterfeit Street PLUS Brace for high pollen

Manchester Evening News · Jun 16, 2023

The incredible haul of hooky gear seized by cops during 'Counterfeit Street' blitz

Eighteen shops have been closed in the past fortnight

Manchester Evening News · Apr 8, 2023

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'Got some good weed, bro': The street near Manchester city centre where you get offered drugs in minutes

Despite a huge police crackdown, it's still business as usual for some on Manchester's 'Counterfeit Street'. The M.E.N's Tom George reports

Manchester Evening News · Apr 8, 2023

'This is the end of Counterfeit Street': Police seize huge haul of fake goods after storming shops on notorious street

"People talk about gentrification and it's a land grab and all of this, but this needs sorting out."

Manchester Evening News · Apr 6, 2023

Thousands of knock-off vapes seized during Counterfeit Street raids

Vapes were discovered during police's ongoing campaign to crackdown on organised crime gangs in Cheetham Hill and Strangeways, areas responsible for around 50% of all counterfeit trade in the UK

Manchester Evening News · Mar 10, 2023

Police seize 20 tonnes of fakes and vow: "This is the end of Manchester's 'Counterfeit Street'"

GMP said 'some of the last remaining shops' were targeted earlier this week

Manchester Evening News · Feb 26, 2023

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Stranded in a strange place, plucked from safety, child refugees are falling prey to Manchester's Counterfeit Street gangs

'Many of the children have travelled for considerable distances and by all accounts independently of responsible adults', GMP said as the latest raids were carried out

Manchester Evening News · Feb 22, 2023

Counterfeit Street DESERTED on a Saturday with shutters down amid major crackdown

The message appears to be getting through

Manchester Evening News · Feb 4, 2023

Police shut THIRTEEN Counterfeit Street shops in one swoop

'We want to work closely with local landlords and businesses making it a place for legitimate businesses to prosper'

Manchester Evening News · Jan 27, 2023

'Panicked' boy tells police his mum is TRAPPED inside dodgy Counterfeit Street shop

More than 20 people had to be rescued from building

Manchester Evening News · Jan 5, 2023

Cheetham Hill 'like a ghost town' after Christmas crackdown on Counterfeit Street

Arrests were made and drugs and vehicles were siezed

Manchester Evening News · Dec 24, 2022

Screaming shoppers who were locked inside a counterfeit street store are rescued by police

A worker locked up the shop and trapped customers inside after seeing police patrolling the area

Manchester Evening News · Dec 13, 2022

Cops responded to a break in and found ten tonnes of fake goods and a huge stash of illegal medicines

Seizure is the latest in a drive to take out Counterfeit Street

Manchester Evening News · Dec 5, 2022

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Manchester Evening News · Dec 1, 2022

No let up against Counterfeit Street as cops find hooky clothes branding factory

Three men, aged between 25 and 45, have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in producing counterfeit goods.

Manchester Evening News · Nov 16, 2022

Police seize MILLIONS of pounds of drugs in latest raid on Manchester's Counterfeit Street

Police stormed a flat above a row of shops in the Counterfeit Street area

Daily Mirror · Nov 14, 2022

'Counterfeit street' where honest shops are threatened by dealers and struggle for staff

Bury New Street in Manchester is a hotspot for illegal activity and now local business owners are sharing what its like to operate on one of the country's most crime filled streets.

Manchester Evening News · Nov 14, 2022

Threatened by dealers, struggling for staff: What it's like to run an honest shop in the shadow of Counterfeit Street

"The quicker they close them down the better," one trader said of his notorious neighbours at Bury New Road, following news of the latest crackdown

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Manchester Evening News · Oct 30, 2022

Manchester's doomed Counterfeit Street will move 'underground' after being bulldozed, says shopkeeper

'I’ve seen people pull up in fancy Mercedes and I even know a barrister who goes shopping along here'

Manchester Evening News · Oct 26, 2022

The Mancunian Way: Counterfeit Street

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Manchester Evening News · Oct 25, 2022

Manchester's Counterfeit Street to be bulldozed as new Chief Constable orders radical action

"We will go after their assets, we will take their cars off them, we will take their buildings off them."

Manchester Evening News · Jul 15, 2022

Multiple shops on 'counterfeit street' shut down as network of 'intimidating' spotters discovered

Bury New Road in Cheetham Hill has become known as 'counterfeit street' in recent years.

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