Shopkeeper fined after haul of counterfeit goods are discovered in his store

Tuesday 17th March 2015 18:18 EDT
 

Fake Thomas the Tank Engine toys and JML personal grooming products - including Ped Eggs - were discovered at Bits n Bobs on Dale Street in Radcliffe, Bury, in July and October 2013.

The store owner, Mohammed Amir, pleaded guilty at Bury magistrates' court to seven offences under the Trade Marks Act 1994.

Amir, 36, of Mellor Road, Longsight, was fined £500 and ordered to pay court costs of £500. Counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes were also discovered.

Council trading standards officers - accompanied by police and a tobacco detection dog - visited the store twice.

Civic leaders have now issued a warning over counterfeit products.

Andrew Johnson, the council’s head of trading standards and licensing, said fakes can be dangerous and added: “Only by not buying fakes can we help stop the organised criminal gangs supplying shoddy and sometimes unsafe goods. It’s not just big businesses that suffer over this type of activity, but local retailers struggling to compete with the black market.”


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