TRADING standards officers seized 200 jackets from a terrace house where they were set to be turned into £10,000 worth of fake Adidas sportswear.

A team from Lancashire County Council's trading standards department mounted an early morning raid in Palmer Road, Shear Bank, Blackburn.

A spokesman said 200 coats and hundreds of fake Adidas labels were discovered.

"The jackets arrived ready made and people at the address were in the process of turning them into designer fakes."

Trading standards officers obtained a warrant to raid the premises early yesterday.

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