Danger cosmetics seized by North Yorks e-crime team

A huge haul of potentially lethal cosmetics and electrical equipment has been seized, during an operation by the National Trading Standards eCrime Unit.

Officers based in North Yorkshire intercepted two large shipments of illegal goods bound for the UK.

The items, which came from China and the Far East, are often sold on Internet auction sites and contain unknown ingredients that can cause devastating consequences. Julie Harrison reports.

Thousands of pounds worth of fake cosmetics, some of them described as unsafe, which are from China and the Far East, have been seized by a North Yorkshire-based crime team.

The National Trading Standards eCrime Team run by North Yorkshire County Council and City of York Council, intercepted two large shipments of illegal goods bound for the UK

Among the goods seized were make-up, nail glue, nail gels, eye shadows, lipsticks, and unsafe UV lamps.

"These goods are not to be sold in the UK due to various pieces of registration on unlabelled goods being sold within this country. We know some of these goods are unsafe," said Sophie Davies of the City of York Council.

Mike Andrews, coordinator of the national eCrime team, said: "The eCrime Team will continue to crack down on companies that use the internet to scam consumers.

"The action we have taken in this case demonstrates that we will not allow potentially unsafe and dangerous products to be sold online.

"We are pleased that we have been able to prevent tens of thousands of these products from being sold on to unsuspecting consumers."

Mr Andrews said one man had been cautioned in connection with the imports.