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.
This is ICE, a group brought under the DHS Heading. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It’s that danged ole Customs Enforcement at work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxroiTRg7Tg
Atlantic city boardwalk has been taken over by Indians with their own brand products
Nothing better to do ????
Well, it’s ILLEGAL to sell counterfeit merchandise. I don’t like DHS involvement, but I’m glad they arrested the criminals…
Go get those terrorist making 2 bucks way to go I guess under a muz$#%&!@*tard libfuktards this is the way
DHS should be more worried about counterfeit refugees. Remember the Boston bombers were suppose to be refugees.
I disagreed with the patriot act because I saw how it could be abused later. In Germany in the 30s gun control was put in to keep the $#%&!@* party from getting guns but later was used by the $#%&!@*’s to control everybody else.
Oh boy, this could be another moment in time where we witness “Irrational_exuberance”
Everyone is freaked out that DHS is involved with this. Why are you not freaked out that there was organized criminals selling illegal clothing? Maybe the ones behind the crime ring is terrorists? Maybe we should stop calling criminals victims.