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The time is up for one conman after his haul of luxury replica watches worth £450,000 was seized by Trading Standards.

The fraudster had been selling phoney Rolex and Tag Heuer before officers swooped on his home.

Trading Standards sleuths have smashed a fake luxury watch scam on Tyneside.

Councillor Nick Kemp from Newcastle Council holds up the silver case of phoney watches

His stash was made up of more than 50 watches, and also included fake Omega, Hublot, Breitling and Patek Philippe timepieces.

They would be worth more than £450,000 if they were real.

Officers from Newcastle City Council’s Trading Standards team raided a house in the city’s Fenham area after a tip-off from a member of the public.

A man was keeping the watches in a silver case and it is believed they were bought from Sri Lanka.