City of London Police crack counterfeit Cisco ring

The City of London Police, working with detectives from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), have busted a Hertfordshire crime ring suspected of importing, exporting and selling counterfeit Cisco hardware.

The force swooped on two men, aged 36 and 35, at their homes in Sawbridgeworth and Birchanger, and a third man, aged 38, at his place of work in nearby Bishops Stortford, on 29 April.

The trio were suspected of having shifted in excess of $10m (£6.56m) worth of fake networking equipment through a company website and telesales operation.