Shipment of Counterfeit Charmin Intercepted

U.S. customs agents intercepted a shipment of fake Charmin toilet paper that were found hidden behind cartons of Nike shoes in a shipping container.

Specially-trained toilet paper sniffing dogs signaled that the otherwise unremarkable shipping container in the Port of Oakland contained the counterfeit booty.   

Agents said that the counterfeiting of basic consumer goods has been on the rise lately, but that most of the counterfeits are of very poor quality.  "It's clear that this toilet paper is not squeezably soft" said agent Garcia.  

Last week four area residents were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of importing counterfeit Bounty paper towels when prosecutors demonstrated that the counterfeit goods "couldn't pick up shit."

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