4,000 TV boxes among items seized by gardaí in operation targeting counterfeit goods

4,200 website selling copyrighted materials across the EU and beyond were identified as part of the investigation

Gardaí say they, in co-ordination with GNBCI, undertook 14 individual investigations relating to the sale of counterfeit and copyrighted goods during the course of the operation. Picture: File Picture

More than 4,000 illicit TV set-top boxes were seized by gardaí in Dublin and the midlands as part of a Europe-wide operation to crack down on the sale of counterfeit television products.

They were among some 6,340 suspected counterfeit or copyrighted items seized in the operation, which was conducted in association with police forces in more than 20 countries.