Two men sentenced over substantial fake DVD operation

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Two men have received jail sentences after the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Organised Crime Branch dismantled a substantial counterfeiting operation in Newtownards, Downpatrick and Belfast which was generating tens of thousand of pounds a month.

Stephen McCully, 33, of Bells Towers Belfast and James McComish, 42, of Lower Clay Road Downpatrick, were arrested on December 20 2009 following a proactive intelligence led covert operation by Organised Crime Branch’s Gold Team, working in partnership with the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).

UTV news story here

Posted on January 21, 2011
by FACT

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