Man arrested in connection with police haul of counterfeit 'luxury items' valued over a million pounds

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A man has been arrested in connection with a raid which recovered over £1million of fake "luxury brand" items. Cops executed the search at storage locations in East Kilbride on Wednesday, November 9.

They seized suspected counterfeit merchandise and accessories said to have been mimicking a number of luxury brands.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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