Updated at: 11/12/2009 2:56 PM

Police Raid Duluth Stores

DULUTH POLICE HAVE SEIZED OVER OVER 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN "COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE", FROM THREE DULUTH BUSINESSES. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR THREE WEEKS AND IT'S LIKELY THE LARGEST BUST OF ITS TYPE EVER IN THE NORTHLAND.

THE THREE BUSINESSES INVOLVED ARE "THE NEW-YOU CLOTHING STORE" ON EAST SUPERIOR STREET, "CHRISTOPHER'S CLOTHING" ON WEST SUPERIOR STREET... AND "FRED AND MARKS' SPORTS WORLD, WHICH IS IN THE MALL.

[POLICE SAY OVER 16-HUNDRED ITEMS WERE CONFISCATED. THIS INCLUDES DIFFERENT TRADEMARK NAMES SUCH AS PRADA, COACH, NIKE, AND DOLCE AND GABBANA. CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST THE FIVE DULUTH MEN WHO ARE LISTED AS THE OWNERS OF THE BUSINESSES.