Homeland Security Investigations special agents are executing a federal search warrant at the Patapsco Flea Market as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.

Officials said the enforcement action was based on specific information developed during a two and a half year long investigation involving violations of intellectual property rights law.

HSI special agents, with assistance from other law enforcement and industry partners, were seizing what is believed to be counterfeit, pirated and unlicensed merchandise that was being sold at the flea market.