A MARKET trader is at the centre of a £17,000 counterfeit compact discs investigation.

The 32-year-old man, from Radcliffe, could now face criminal prosecution if 119 seized PlayStation discs and 70 PC-CD ROMs are found to be fakes. The discs, with an estimated retail value of £17,000, were seized from a stall at Bury Flea Market during a recent raid by Bury Trading Standards officers.