Hundreds of fake Chanel and Louis Vuitton bags seized in Manchester shop raid
Hundreds of fake Chanel and Louis Vuitton handbags were seized in a raid on a north Manchester shop as part of a crackdown on counterfeit crime.
Trading standards officers from Manchester council uncovered the haul at MH Important and Export Ltd months after the company was sent a cease and desist letter from Chanel.
Hakan Yazar, the director of the firm formerly based in Cheetham Hill, pleaded guilty to two breaches of the Trade Marks Act in Manchester Magistrates Court last week.
The 43-year-old, of Shayfield Road, Manchester, said he was responsible for ordering the stock but claimed to have no knowledge of what trademarks were.
He also claimed that he intended to destroy the bags but had trouble in doing so, and that he had no recollection of being advised by Manchester council not to sell counterfeit goods.
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