Customs seize Christmas fakes

CUSTOMS officers have seized nearly 1,300 counterfeit toys in a raid on a post depot in the run up to Christmas.

The toys were a mixture of costumes and dolls, many of which were poor copies of Disney originals that had been made without licence in China.

They also included copies of Pokemon cards and Lego models.

Customs officers from Dax, in the Landes, also confiscated adult presents such as fake jewellery, pyjamas, knock-offs of Chanel, Burberry, Armani, Adidas and Diesel, mobile phones and trainers and 104 pills of Viagra.

The buyers will not receive the goods and will be informed that their presents have been confiscated.

Some of the toys did not conform to EU health and safety standards and the goods came most from cut-price websites.

Throughout 2015, Bayonne customs has confiscated 67,000 items and usually destroy them through incineration.

Photo:Flickr/UK Home Office