The mayor of Torrevieja , the police chief , councillors all turned out to view the destruction of about 15,000 counterfeit articles which had been confiscated from the town’s illegal sellers .
Most people have been approached by those who try to sell us what is blatently obvious not a designer watch , belt or handbag .Yet people still purchase these articles and there is a huge market for them .However it is not a legal passtime .
Within the 15000 articles there were around 300 articles which were genuine and these have been given to various charities to sell for fund raising .Most of the fake items were sunglasses , followed byCD’s and DVD’s , watches , bags wallets ,belts and items of clothing were also in the pile which was crushed by the steamroller and then taken to the “Ecoparque “recycling facility .
The aim of the Torrevieja council is to eradicate these sellers and their goods from the promenades and streets of the town .
