Canal Street crackdown nets eight arrests, $30M in counterfeit merchBy Dean Balsamini
August 19, 2023
The merch was fake. The busts were real.
The NYPD seized $30 million worth of counterfeit goods and collared eight illegal street vendors in the department’s latest crackdown on Canal Street, authorities said.
The takedown comes in the aftermath of recent Post stories documenting how the bogus businessmen were back out in full force and an expose on how smugglers flood Canal Street with the counterfeit swag.
Authorities put the drop on the vendors Thursday afternoon, police said, seizing a blizzard of the usual knockoff favorites: sneakers, purses, watches, bags.
The raid occurred “in response to numerous community complaints,” the NYPD told The Post.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/19/canal-street-crackdown-nets-8-arrests-30m-in-knockoffs/
