The Dept. of Homeland Security, along with local law enforcement, raided a flea market this past weekend near Lawrence, Mass., arresting 40 people for selling counterfeit goods.
Since when is DHS suppose to be raiding flea markets? Aren’t they suppose to be tracking down terrorists? Oh wait, that’s what the Muslim Brotherhood organization considers Americans to be.
LAWRENCE — Police, joined by agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, arrested 40 people for selling counterfeit items at two flea markets yesterday.
“This is an effort to support local, legitimate businesses who have complained of these individuals selling bogus merchandise,” Interim Lawrence Police Chief James Fitzpatrick said of the sweep last night.
“Over the course of several months, we targeted individual selling counterfeit goods and counterfeit intellectual property. Our investigation culminated with the arrests of over 40 people involved in selling these illicit items,” he said. “In recent history, I believe this is probably the largest raid in Massachusetts involving counterfeit goods.”
The raids began at about 11 a.m. yesterday and lasted through late afternoon. The raids took place at Don Flea Market at 85 Manchester St., and Lawrence Flea Market and Auction House at 468 N. Canal St, near the Falls Bridge, according to Fitzpatrick. The Police Department used several vans, some of them loaned by the Essex County Sheriff’s Department, to transport the defendants to the Lawrence Police Department, where they were being booked last night.
Fitzpatrick said he believed that most of those charged were from out of town.
“The Department of Homeland Security was the lead with Lawrence Police Department,” said Carrie Kimball-Monahan, spokeswoman for Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett’s office.
“We were part of the investigation and we will prosecute,” she said.
Police referred all comments on the raid to federal authorities. Calls to the U.S. Attorney’s office and Homeland Security were not returned.
Fitzpatrick said federal agents planned to wait until tomorrow before issuing a press release about yesterday’s raids.
“There’s a great deal of evidence that needs to be cataloged,” Fitzpatrick said of the items seized. Some of the counterfeit items sold were fake lines of clothing, he said.
they make no mention of the counterfeit goods what were they selling?
They’re confiscating it for the terrorists most likely.
I work at a grocery store, a lot of our non food items that get stolen end up at these flea markets.
They don’t have enough fleas?
I really want to know what “”bogus” items are. Trump paraphernalia? What?
So they were pants that weren’t really pants? What the hell is the department of homeland security worrying about off brand designer labeled clothing? Sounds like a few million dollars of TAX PAYER MONEY BEING FRAUDULENTLY TAKEN TO ME.
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Do you realize 80%of those vendors at flea markets are illegals and they do not pay taxes on cash transactions?? I used to live in a family of antique dealers and at every show and market the majority of sellers were not citizens.
Customs became part of Homeland Security and raiding counterfeit sales IS part of their job.
Not new ,they’ve been waste time and money doing this c**p for years RAIDING because people are selling designer knock-off’s ,.big waste of money .