Guardia Civil in Roquetas de Mar have seized 2,300 articles of counterfeit designer clothes after a spending a month watching a private home in the El Parador del Asuncion area of Roquetas. The officers watching the house observed how a large number of people entered and left the dwelling, leaving carrying plastic bags containing articles of clothing.
The decision to search the dwelling came after the Guardia Civil stopped a car which had left the house under suspicion after being loaded with several boxes. The car was stopped and searched and the occupants identified. Inside the car were boxes containing clothing. A judicial expert in counterfeit goods was called to the scene to certify that that the clothing was fake and with this evidence the Guardia Civil was able to obtain a search warrant for the house. Inside the house the Guardia Civil discovered shelves full of shoes, trousers, jeans, shirts, polo shirts, jackets, towels t-shirts, and bags, all copies of well known, high prestige designs and all for sale for below the normal market value. A married couple was arrested in the house.
The merchandise found all came from outside the country, being introduced into Spain through Galicia.
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