It’s a game of cat and mouse – and knockoff bags.
Illegal vendors are back in full force along Canal Street and scrapping for sidewalk space months after federal authorities carried out a series of raids – but are quick to briefly scatter when NYPD sirens start blaring.
Counterfeit merchants were peddling fake Louis Vuitton handbags and bargaining with customers over other phony accessories this week in Chinatown as surrounding business workers told The Post the black market hawking was as bad as always – or possibly even worse.
Some have cars – where they stuff their inventory — and many vehicles bear out-of-state license plates from Virginia or North Carolina. Some were parked illegally in front of fire hydrants on a recent visit to the illegal market…