DVDs seized in car boot blitz
More than 50,000 illegal DVDs – including the soon-to-be released Shrek the Third – have been seized at car boot sales in Staffordshire.
Trading Standards and police officers swooped on events at Brocton, near Stafford and Dark Lane, Featherstone over the weekend.
The latest haul, said to be worth thousands of pounds, was the result of a blitz by more than 20 trading standards and police officers on Sunday.
A number of traders were caught selling poor quality DVDs which were seized under anti-counterfeiting legislation. One arrest was made and further inquiries are now ongoing.
It was part of a major crackdown on illegal DVD and computer game sellers which also saw two men arrested and more than 800 fake DVDs seized at Saredon car boot in Cannock.
Trading standards executed warrants on their homes and computer equipment used to copy disks was taken away.
The blitz was part of a West Midlands-wide operation in June. Staffordshire trading standards searched an address in Cannock and seized a haul of more than 500 discs.
In Birmingham more than 1,700 discs were seized and two men arrested.
Nigel Cotton, of Staffordshire Trading Standards, said: "These operations have sent out a clear message to those who deal in counterfeit goods that we will take action against them."
