Gwinnett County police arrested two South Carolina women they say were traveling with nearly 80 pairs of counterfeit Nike sneakers.

Police told Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh it all started as a traffic stop on Interstate 85.

The officer who made the traffic stop told Kavanaugh from the labels to the logos, he knew as soon as he saw them the sneakers were fakes.

Officers found shoes that the women were trying to pass off as Nike Air Jordans.

Investigators said the serial numbers on the shoe's tongue did not match the numbers on the box. They said they could peel the Nike logos right off, and Michael Jordan's hand had one too many fingers on the logo.

Gwinnett county police say 78 boxes of the counterfeit Nikes were packed into the Pontiac Grand Prix they pulled over.

Vehicle Officer Nicholas Boney pulled the women over Saturday.

"The vehicle I stopped, the Pontiac, was following too closely behind another vehicle," he said.

Boney said the driver admitted marijuana was in the car and allowed him to search it.

"There was a large box in the backseat that was covered up with a jacket. Once I removed the jacket I could see what it was," Boney said.

Boney said that's when he found an additional three boxes in the trunk all filled with sneakers and the traffic stop turned into a major bust.

Police arrested Kotina Lashan Feaster and Jessica Pennick, and charged them with a felony for having forged or counterfeited goods.

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They said Feaster claimed to have gotten them all for free and had no idea they were fake.

"She came down from South Carolina to get all these shoes and then she drove back to SC to sell them," Boney said.

Officers told Kavanaugh they weren't buying it.

Boney said he also found a fake pair of Ugg boots and a counterfeit Louis Vuitton bag, for a total retail value of more than $12,000.

Police said counterfeit goods running up and down I-85 is a growing trend.

Officers said in the past few months they have taken in more than $100,000 in fake goods.

They said the hot items are sneakers and designer bags.