Several warehouses in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens were raided by police and federal agents on Thursday as authorities tried to sniff out counterfeit designer goods, officials said.
NYPD officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents expected to recover knockoff goods valued in the millions during Thursday's raids. Authorities said that most of the items were imported from China.
Among the locations was a handbag store on West 30th Street in midtown, where agents hauled out dozens of boxes of items.
It's not clear if any arrests have been made in Thursday's police action.
The raids come months after federal agents seized cases upon cases of knockoff designer perfume in March. The faux fragrances contained ingredients linked to cancer and organ damage.
More than 3 million counterfeit items have been seized in New York City over the last three years. In total, the real versions of those fake products could fetch $94 million at stores.
