Two men aged 39 and 19 were busted in a raid on a huge Harry Potter pirate video factory. The police found a total of 45 video recorders - capable of churning out 10,000 films a week.
The raid was a joint operation by Strathclyde Police, North Lanarkshire Trading Standards officers and the Federation Against Copyright Theft. |
FACT have worldwide contacts and said the factory was the biggest anywhere producing pirate copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
The videos were stacked on rows of wooden pallettes, ready to go out.
The team also seized thousands of copies of Legally Blonde, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Jeepers Creepers, 102 Dalmatians and Barbie in the Nutcracker as well as scores of completed order forms.
They believe the pirate video factory is the second- biggest ever found. Only one uncovered in Norfolk last year was bigger
Source: Sundaymail.co.uk
