FILE PHOTO: A souvenir vendor sells Eiffel tower models for tourists in front the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadero in Paris, France, July 26, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - French police have broken up a suspected criminal gang who sold miniature copies of the Eiffel Tower at tourist sites around Paris often using illegal immigrants.
The six-week operation also seized more than 20 tonnes of the trinkets stored in depots outside the capital. Police units involved in combating illegal immigration helped conduct the raids, the Paris prefecture said in a statement.
