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Police Raids Net Millions In Illegal Merchandise
The Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division Vice Squad is on something of a winning streak. In less than 72 hours recently, they seized nearly $18.5 million worth of stolen and counterfeit merchandise from Downtown warehouses. "Two or three days were pretty good," said police Sgt. R.J. Acosta. On Aug. 20, police raided a warehouse in the 700 block of Sanford Avenue and found 120,000 counterfeit action figures worth about $500,000. The loot included Batman, Superman and Spiderman toys, mostly imported from China. That followed an Aug. 18 raid in which police seized an estimated $18 million worth of counterfeit and stolen merchandise from a Fashion District showroom in the 1100 block of Los Angeles Street. That bust, one of the division's largest ever, netted mostly counterfeit designer handbags and other Gucci, Prada and Louis Vuitton products. Acosta said that since the squad started concentrating on vendors selling fake merchandise Downtown about two-and-a-half years ago, they have collected more than $58 million worth of counterfeit items. "If I had more time, we'd do a better job," he joked. "We try to work on it a little bit every day."
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