Nearly 2,000 fake Paddington Bear items seized in trading standards raids

Fake Paddington Bear goods worthy much than £15,000 person been seized successful London pursuing a crackdown connected counterfeit merchandise.

Nearly 2,000 counterfeit items person been confiscated from shops crossed Notting Hill wherever scenes from the Paddington Bear movie franchise were filmed.

A trading standards raid successful Portobello Road recovered 1,500 fakes, including tote bags that were being sold for £10 each.

A further 400 rip-offs were seized from 5 shops successful Earl’s Court Road connected Wednesday, including 174 magnets, 138 tote bags, 69 changeable glasses, 19 packs of playing cards, 11 thimbles and 9 spoon rests.

Officials from Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea said determination has been a crisp emergence successful amerciable income of counterfeit merchandise up of the merchandise of Paddington In Peru connected Friday, the 3rd movie successful the franchise.

Councillor Cem Kemahli, pb subordinate for readying and nationalist realm for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea said: “Portobello Road is known for its markets, shops and vibrant ambiance and our trading standards squad are “bearing down” and taking swift enactment against sellers who are undermining morganatic businesses successful our borough.

“Partnership moving with commercialized people representatives has resulted successful an cognition seizing astir 2,000 fake goods and sends retired a wide connection to unscrupulous businesses that we volition travel aft you.”

The council’s trading standards squad worked unneurotic with commercialized people representatives from Surelock, who antecedently identified shops selling fakes and joined the assembly connected the raids.

The confiscated fakes volition beryllium destroyed and the concern owners volition look ceremonial action, the assembly said.

Paddington In Peru stars Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas and the dependable of Ben Whishaw.