Bloomington Police Arrest 2 For Counterfeit Super Bowl Tickets - CBS Minnesota

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Bloomington police say two people have been arrested for attempting to sell counterfeit tickets on Super Bowl Sunday.

According to police, in one instance a man who traveled to Minnesota was arrested with 13 counterfeit Super Bowl tickets.

Not all of our visitors brought happiness. This guy came to MN and brought counterfeit tickets to sell. We just arrested him with 13 counterfeit Super Bowl tickets! Be smart & purchase from legitimate sources. #SuperBowl2018 #BuySmart pic.twitter.com/OrgORMu9ED
— Bloomington Police (@BPD_MN) February 4, 2018

In another, an alert shopper spotted the fake tickets and alerted police.

Our second counterfeit arrest of the day by the BPD MOA unit came courtesy of an alert shopper who spotted fake Super Bowl tickets & quickly alerted us. After a little cat & mouse chase we caught him, recovered the tickets & now he's off to jail to ponder his future #SuperBowlLII pic.twitter.com/r2QAxRgb4N
— Bloomington Police (@BPD_MN) February 4, 2018

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