June 3, 2011
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Police and federal agents seize counterfeit items at Green Dragon
Police officers and federal agents Friday seized counterfeit sunglasses and sports memorabilia from more than half a dozen outdoor vendors at the Green Dragon Farmer’s Market and Auction.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security agents, state police troopers and Ephrata Police officers all participated in the raid.
In a similar raid in 2009, state police seized counterfeit purses and clothing from nine stands at the market.
Police also arrested 10 men and one woman at that time, charging them with felony counts of trademark counterfeiting and conspiracy.
Talk about an interesting morning in Lancaster County
Comments (3)
wow, sucks to be them.
I dunno man. There is a tenuous balance between the need for a society to protect people’s ideas (and I feel that that need only exists so long as there is monetary gain involved in it) and the need to have a truly free market. For example, if I get my products madeby a manufacturer in china then it should come as no surprise to me that there are bootlegs, even of a one of a kind product. Why use the police as the lapdops of multi-billions dollar corporations in which no one is starving in the recession instead of the people out there on the streets fighting the good fight for a free market. I feel like money truly has become the root of all evil, suppressing freedom instead of allowing it to flourish.
Wow I do declare! so that was what the fuss was about. Interesting day in Lancaster indeed.