A local man is facing felony charges in Bristol and elsewhere after allegedly selling counterfeit merchandise in Pick N Pay convenience stores he owns in three Rhode Island towns.

Muhammad Yasin, 48, of 2 Meader Circle, Barrington, is charged with felony conterfeiting and altering trademarks in Bristol and Johnston, and misdemeanor counterfeiting in Smithfield. Also charged in Bristol is Geutam Adhikari, 38, of 28 Hillside St., Providence, who allegedly sold undercover officers counterfeit items.

Mr. Yasin, who owns the Pick N Pay on Hope Street in Bristol, as well as two other stores in Johnston and Smithfield, was allegedly selling fake designer handbags, hats, gloves, earrings and wristlets out of his store, according to Bristol Police Capt. Brian Burke. The items were purported to be from such designers as Prada, Gucci, Kate Spade, Michael Kors and Burberry. There were also hats and gloves supposedly from The North Face, as well as NFL and MLB teams, according to police reports.

In a joint operation with Smithfield and Johnston Police, undercover officers from all three departments posed as customers at the three stores, buying items believed to be fake. Working with a trained expert in counterfeit merchandise, police determined the items were indeed fake, prompting them to search all three stores on Dec. 15.

Officers uncovered 55 suspect items at the Bristol location, with a retail value of more than $10,000, and 94 allegedly counterfeit products, totaling more than $9,000 in value, were found in Johnston. Smithfield Police seized 32 items form the store in that town, with a total value of less than $4,000, resulting in only misdemeanor charges there.

In addition to Mr. Yasin and his employee in Bristol, Mr. Adhikari, police arrested clerks in the other two stores who allegedly sold the officers fake products. Those charged with misdemeanor counterfeiting include Raghavender Choula, 23, of 236 Broadway, Providence; Sukhdev Singh, 69, of 47 Carleton St., Attleboro, Mass.; and Saeed Azam, 35, of 2855 Post Road, Warwick.