Police 'winning war' on Counterfeit St cowboys

Greater Manchester Police’s Operation Vulcan aims to dismantle organised crime gangs in Cheetham Hill and Strange ways, areas responsible for around 50% of all counterfeit trade in the UK.

- ADAM MAIDMENT

POLICE say they are are weakening the grip crime gangs have on the ‘UK’s capital of counterfeit goods’.

Criminals in both areas have had seemingly free rein to run counterfeit enterprises - selling everything from fake clothing and perfume to illicit prescription drugs - for years without retribution.

But Operation Vulcan aims to be a change of tactic for officers in their crackdown on fake goods.