21/03/2012

Nine Charged With Selling Fake Goods

Nine people are due to appear in court charged with selling thousands of pounds worth of fake goods.

They were arrested as part of a PSNI operation against the sale of fake goods at Clogher Market last November.

The nine accused face a total of 118 charges of trading in counterfeit products and infringing copyright.

Rupee Majeed, 39, and Tariq Majeed, 40, from Ballymahon, Longford each face 16 charges of selling fake clothes.

Mohammed Ushan Iqbal, 28, and Rehan Arshad, 19, from Don Darragh, Longford face 24 and 18 charges respectively of selling fake clothes.

Kashif Saddique, 29, from Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim faces four charges of selling fake Adidas and McKenzie Clothing.

Mohammed Iqbal, 58, from Ballynamoney Heights, Lurgan is charged with 24 counts of selling fake clothes.

Mary Duffield, 58, from Kilmacrannell, Lisnaskea and Ellen Leonard, 40, of Creevanmore Meadows, Omagh each face six charges of selling counterfeit jewellery.

Sabrina Nethercott, 31, from Camphill Park, Newtownbutler, was charged with four counts of selling fake DVDs and a CD.

The clothes bore trademarks from brands including Nike, Cantabury, and Ralf Lauren. Fake jewellery was labelled as Links of London, Thomas Sabo and Tiffany & Co.

(LB/GK)

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