Gardaí seized Over 15,000 counterfeit electronic products

Over 15,000 counterfeit electronic products were seized by the Gardaí. The seized products include mobile phones, game console controllers and ear phones.

The items were discovered following a search at a business and a home in Dublin yesterday. 

The searches were carried out under Operation Bannister, which targets criminal gangs involved in the sale of counterfeit electronic products of inferior quality.

Approximately 15,000 counterfeit products were found through the search. Around 10,000 items of packaging bearing particular brand names were also found from the spot.

The seizure also includes USB plugs, phone chargers, hard drives and a vast amount of branded packaging.

The fake items are expected to have a street sale value of €300,000 and the Gardaí believes that they were preparing for Christmas market.

Gardaí said that the investigation is still going on and further searches and arrests may be recorded.