A huge haul of Apple products and 'high value items' from Selfridges and Harvey Nichols were seized after a car was stopped in Manchester, police have said. A number of mobile phones and bank cards were also found inside.

Police said the Apple products were worth 'thousands of pounds', with images released also showing pairs of Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin heels were included in the haul. The seizure follows an investigation into fraud and money laundering.

On Thursday (August 28), officers from the North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (NEROCU) launched an investigation after a report from Northumbria Police of an elderly man in Kenton who had alledgedly been contacted by fraudsters claiming to be from his bank.

He was told, said police, there had been fraudulent activity invo

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