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East Midlands
Date: 12/05/2008
Location: Leicester
A Chinese national was stopped by Leicestershire Police in a vehicle in Leicester on 12th June 2008. In the vehicle numerous rucksacks were found containing over 400 counterfeit Hollywood films and 149 pornography discs. The driver was also in possession of a false Italian driving license and alleged to be in the country illegally. He was subsequently arrested and remanded in custody.
On 5th April 2007 officers from Nottingham City Council Trading Standards Service searched a residential address in Nottingham where they seized 2,210 counterfeit DVDs and a quantity of counterfeit clothing all of which the subject had been selling on eBay. The subject was consequently arrested.
