NEW YORK. This afternoon, an NYPD officer was shot and wounded in a Queens neighborhood.
NYPD confirmed to Univision 41 that one of their was injured at 8855 161 Street, in Jamaica, Queens, outside a building that appears to be a homeless shelter.
The officer was shot in the leg and was transported to Jamaica Medical Center where he is listed in stable condition.
K-9 units are on the scene, searching for the suspect.
Search for suspect in injuring police officer
Police are blocking traffic at Kew Gardens and Jamaica Avenue.
The officer’s identity has not been released until his family is notified.
The investigation is still in development.
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The NYPD released video and photos of a major seizure it made this week in Lower Manhattan. The value of the counterfeit products, she said, is $2 million.
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He reported that, paying attention to “community complaints,” they conducted an operation called “Bag Guys,” or the boys with the bags.
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The goal was to seize fake designer brand handbags being sold on the streets of NYC.
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In addition to exclusive (fake) branded bags, sellers traded in luxury replica watches.
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Also, a large part of the shipment included sneakers, which in the stores of their real manufacturers cost hundreds of dollars.
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The operation led to the closure of several businesses, and the confiscation of hundreds of pieces of counterfeit products.
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The riot of fake merchandise also included sunglasses, from brands like Louis Vuitton, and other exclusive designers.
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It was explained that agents specializing in each of the stolen brands went to investigate the Canal Street shops where they were sold, to confirm that they were counterfeit products.
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NYPD reported that each of these agents has been trained by designer houses to recognize their products.
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Benjamin Gurley, one of the directors of the NYPD operation, explained that this business would seem to only affect big designers and their brands, but in reality it affects the final consumer, as it is part of organized crime.
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“We will go wherever and whenever necessary to stop these crimes in our city,” said the NYPD representative.
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Complaints from the community, police said, led them to Canal Street, where they arrested five people for selling handbags, sunglasses and other products replicating exclusive designer brands.
