ICE agents were back in Chinatown Saturday as the NYPD came to the area for a routine vendor enforcement operation, it was reported.

The NYPD said its operation took place just before 11:10 a.m. on Nov. 22 near the corner of Canal Street and Broadway. Cops had confiscated more than 25 bags of counterfeit trademark items being illegally peddled by vendors in the area.

At around noon on Saturday, police reported, federal agents came to the location. Their operation, the NYPD said, was unrelated to any department activity.

"NYPD personnel immediately left the area and did not interact with federal agents in any manner," an NYPD spokesperson said.

The sight of ICE agents in the area caused several vendors to scatter and flee, sources told amNewYork. Federal agents arrested at least one ind

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