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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A truckload of counterfeit sports goods, including branded socks, worth an estimated R2.5m has been seized by police in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

The goods were discovered during an integrated operation by the provincial counterfeit and illicit goods policing team and the anti-economic crime task team on Sunday at Stikland, an industrial area in Bellville.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe integrated operation kicked off at about 9am in Brug Street when they descended on an identified premises [and] where they found a Scania truck. The members searched the suspicious truck and found 22 bags containing well-known branded sporting socks,\u201d said police spokesperson W\/O Joseph Swartbooi.<\/p>\n

A search warrant was executed resulting in the discovery of more counterfeit goods. No arrests were made.<\/p>\n

Provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Thembisile Patekile said the trade in counterfeit goods is economic sabotage and policing will continue to remove counterfeit goods from the streets.<\/p>\n

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