Nike knockoffs seized in Norfolk
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Norfolk in Virginia gave new meaning to the term “cool your heels,” when they recently seized a large shipment of counterfeit Nike shoes smuggled in two refrigerated containers.
The officers seized 1,061 cartons of pirated “Air Force 1” model shoes that were hidden behind salt kelp and jellyfish, the border control agency announced last week. The agency placed the street value of the shoes at more than $1 million.