Counterfeit designer clothes worth €500,000 seized

Gardai and Revenue officers seized good with logos such as Adidas, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss

Garda drugs officers and officials from the Revenue seized €500,000 worth of counterfeit goods in a house in Ardee, Co Louth on Tuesday afternoon.

According to the Garda a substantial amount of boxed containers with clothing bearing logos belonging to Adidas, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss and Ralph Lauren, were found.

Some documentation and a large amount of packaging for the resale of the clothing was also seized.

No arrests were made during the search and investigations are ongoing.

Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien is an Irish Times journalist