£5m in fake clothes, accessories seized in London

Counterfeit clothing, shoes, bags and watches worth an estimated £5m ($6.5m) at usual selling prices have been seized from a shop on Camden High Street in north London, UK.

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police Service’s Camden Town Centre team executed a raid on 17 July amid an ongoing crackdown on the counterfeit goods trade in the area.

Genuine products were sold on the ground floor of the shop and most of the counterfeit goods seized by officers were found in the basement of the premises. Six people were arrested on suspicion of distributing articles infringing trademarks and money laundering offences.

Since August last year, 14 people have been arrested for offences related to the sale and distribution of fakes on Camden High Street, with around £14m of good seized.