Arkansas State Fair Vendor Arrested For Selling Fake Designer Goods

October 14, 2008 7:23 a.m. EST

Little Rock, AR (AHN) - Police arrested a West African man in the country illegally on suspicion of selling counterfeit goods at the Arkansas State Fair.

Boukare Ouiya was placed on immigration hold after being arrested for allegedly selling counterfeit Louis Vuitton, Coach, and Dolce & Gabbana purses and wallets and Nike shoes as the real thing at his booth at the fair.

Ouiya, 52, of Aurora, Colo. is being held on $7,500 bond, but if that bond is paid he will be released even though he is waiting to be deported by the Office of Immigration and Naturalization Services, after it determined he was in the country illegally.

Because the items were from overseas customs agents will take possession of the items.