A clandestine store located in a building in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) which offered counterfeit luxury clothes for a market value of more than 880,000 euros has been dismantled, we learned Thursday, November 10 from the gendarmerie.
In this showroom, customers could obtain counterfeit items from around forty brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, Prada, Moncler or Givenchy...
The investigation began with the exploitation of information by investigators from the air transport research section (SRTA), which revealed "
the illegal importation into France of large quantities of luxury clothing counterfeited by the air freight from Turkey
,” the gendarmerie said in a statement.
Investigations and surveillance then make it possible “
to locate a clandestine showroom open in a building located in Bagnolet
”.
1,400 counterfeit clothes
The counterfeit luxury clothes are offered for sale via the Snapchat network, where a profile informs potential buyers of the opening hours of the showroom.
An operation is carried out on November 8 by the SRTA, which arrests a customer leaving the premises with "
bags filled with counterfeit luxury clothes and the manager of the showroom
".
More than 1,400 counterfeit clothes and nearly 4,800 badges to create counterfeit items for a market value of more than 880,000 euros were seized during searches, according to the gendarmerie.
The investigation is continuing under the aegis of the Bobigny prosecutor's office.
