Remember how we warned you that fake and potentially lethal DS consoles were winging their way to the UK? Well, it looks like some of them slipped through Customs and showed up on eBay. However, a raid led by Bromley Trading Standards Department and Kent police resulted in the seizure of 40 counterfeit consoles, along with 150 dodgy games. This raid is the first of its kind ever to take place in the UK.
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If you’ve found a deal on a Nintendo DS and DS Lite that seems a bit too good to be true, then you might be about to get your fingers burned. Literally. HM Revenue & Customs is warning that hundreds of counterfeit handhelds, recently seized at national freight depots, have been found to contain power adaptors that have not met UK safety standards.