April 04, 2007
Tourists locked in Chinatown basement during raid
A dozen tourists from Spain, Georgia and Florida -- including teenage girls with their families - were locked in a Chinatown basement for more than two hours by vendors hoping to keep their buyers out of sight of cops making a counterfeit-goods bust upstairs, according to the Post.
Police seized thousands of knockoff designer bags, wallets, shirts and umbrellas from 218 Centre Street. Later they received news of a 911 call from the tourists locked in the basement - along with fake Rolex and Cartier watches.
Earlier: Chinatown back with 'best fakes in the world' - Post
Louis Vuitton sues Chinatown landlord over knockoffs
Designer knockoffs go underground in Chinatown
The perils of bargain shopping on Canal Street
April 4, 2007 09:02 AM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Shopology
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