Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city A businessman caught four times with fake and unsafe toys has been fined more than £5,000.
More than 1,100 items seized by trading standards officers from Salford -based Baljit Singh Batra were found to be either counterfeit or did not meet safety standards.
They included knock-off Peppa Pig, Minions, Disney and Thomas the Tank Engine dolls, fake Samsung charging cables and other plastic toys which exceeded legal limits of chemicals. READ MORE:'Would you know if your child was vaping?' - Warning as 11-year-olds caught buying vapes Batra, known as Mr Singh, pleaded guilty to eight trademark and product safety offences at Manchester and Salford
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