Police in Brussels have seized nearly 3,000 packs of counterfeit cigarettes and with illegal cosmetic products containing dangerous ingredients.
Thousands of packs of counterfeit cigarettes seized near to Brussels wholesale fruit market
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Officers from the Brussels-Capital-Elsene Local Police Service, official from the City of Brussels and the Federal Health Department carried out the operation on Sunday near to the site of Brussels wholesaler fruit market Marbru.
Several vendors of counterfeit cigarettes were caught red-handed. A police spokesman told VRT News that "A total of 2,896 packs of counterfeit cigarettes were seized, with an estimated street value of around 14,000 euro”.
In addition to these 200 bottles of perfume and other cosmetic products that are banned from being sold in Belgium because they contain dangerous ingredients were seized. Someone was also caught selling counterfeit Brussels-Capital Region dustbin liners. Around 200 roles of the bin liners were seized.