Arif Patel and the Faisaltex group of companies had turned to bulk imports of counterfeit clothing in 2004. 

Fraudsters found guilty in one of HMRC's biggest ever cases

Operation Vulcan shut down 18 shops in 14 days

Police seize £6m of fake goods from Manchester's 'Counterfeit Street'

This is just the latest in a number of raids over the last 5 months targetting fake goods on the infamous 'Counterfeit Street'

'The end of Counterfeit Street' say police after more fake goods raids

Police make three arrests as they shut down another counterfeit shop saying "Cheetham Hill and Strangeways will no longer be synonymous with counterfeit goods."

Police break down shutters to reach people trapped inside counterfeit shop

Police rescued the group who were found huddled inside after hearing shouts for help in the UK's "counterfeit capital."

Escaping staff leave Christmas shoppers locked inside illegal store 

Trading Standards officers removed 737 bags from a business in Cheetham Hill. 

Hundreds of fake Chanel and Louis Vuitton bags seized in Trading Standards swoop

Officers found and seized 57,940 cigarettes and 398 pouches (8kg) of hand-rolling tobacco

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