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SHREWSBURY, Mass. — (WBZ NewsRadio) - More than $11 million worth of counterfeit goods have been seized by police in Shrewsbury, after they responded to the area of Holden and Bow Streets for multiple gunshots.
Officers arrived around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday June 17, and began searching the area, including an Extra Space Storage facility on Clinton Street.
"While checking the property of Extra Space Storage, officers observed multiple vehicles and encountered an individual in front of a storage unit. The investigation led officers into the storage unit which they observed this individual exiting," Shrewsbury Police wrote on social media. "When officers entered the storage unit, they observed what appeared to be thousands of items of merchandise. The merchandise was neatly displayed on shelves, tables and boxes, and laid out in a manner similar to how they would be displayed in a retail store for sale."
The items ranged from handbags, to sunglasses, hats, shoes, cologne, earbuds and even umbrellas. The items, all of which officers suspect to be counterfeit, displayed luxury brand names like Rolex, Gucci, Prada, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and North Face.
Officers were granted search warrants to search three adjoining storage units, as well as two vehicles on the property.
Authorities took 16,644 items into evidence from the trio of storage units, valued at an estimated $11.3 million. In the vehicles, officials discovered another 19 counterfeit items, worth an estimated $44,920.
This investigation into this incident, and the identification of suspects remains active and ongoing at this time.
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