World Cup: Four tonnes of fake football shirts seized by police during raids ahead of opening ceremony

Four tonnes of fake football shirts have been seized by police during raids ahead of the World Cup opening ceremony today (November 20) - worth a whopping £500,000. Cops raided lock ups and houses across the country in a crackdown on counterfeit goods, which they said are linked to organised criminal groups.

They arrested six people and seized £12,000 in cash in the co-ordinated swoops, led by the City of London Police. Photos released by the force show hundreds of fake shirts in a storage facility and on a market stall.