Fake Ugg boots worth €1.5m seized

An estimated €1.5m worth of counterfeit Ugg boots have been seized from a warehouse on the northside of Cork City.

Such was the scale of the find, gardaí were forced to work through last night to catalogue and remove the footwear.

Around 25 gardaí, including members of the armed Regional Support Unit, swooped in on the premises at Hollymount Industrial Estate at about 10.30am yesterday.