Police arrest 17 in alleged CD, movie pirating meets

July 14, 2003

In El Paso, Texas, The United States are 17 people arrested by police and investigators from the music industry. They are accused of CD and movie piracy and the police seized thousands of CDs and videotapes during raids of two swap meets in El Paso over the weekend.

About 13,000 CDs were confiscated, along with an unspecified number of videotapes of movies including 'The Hulk" and 'Terminator 3," investigators said.
'Hopefully this will be a reminder to the public that those individuals that copy CDs to make a profit are committing a felony offense," Javier Sambrano, spokesman for the El Paso Police Department, said in Sunday editions of the El Paso Times.