A 50-year-old Burnham-On-Sea man has been arrested and a large quantity of suspected counterfeit DVDs was seized by police in the town on Wednesday (May 21st).
In a joint operation with Somerset Trading Standards officers, police swooped on an address in Burnham on Wednesday morning and then took away large numbers of DVDs together with recording equipment for allegedly creating illegal copies.
Sgt Ian Kennett, pictured with some of the seized items, told Burnham-On-Sea.com: “There is good co-operation between the police and other agencies, including Trading Standards, and the message is that people who commit criminal offences will be targeted.”
“Any information from the public will be treated confidentially and whenever possible will be acted upon.”
He added that not only does the creation of counterfeit goods adversely affect the media industry, but it often funds criminal activity and breaks the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Wednesday’s haul comes just weeks after Burnham-On-Sea.com exclusively reported that £8,000 of items had been seized by police at Highbridge Market.
Sgt Kennett is pictured above collating some of the items seized during Wednesday’s warrant. The haul, with a street value believed to be thousands of pounds, is pictured below.
