Fake football shirt scam cracked by police forces

A MULTI-million pound international counterfeiting operation has been smashed in a joint operation between police in the North and gardaí.

The forces assisted police in Turkey in cracking a fake football shirt scam involving Manchester United and Liverpool replica tops.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said both forces played a 'significant role' in providing information which enabled their Turkish colleagues to raid a factory earlier this week that was producing counterfeit football tops.