Three caught in piracy raid

10:20am Tuesday 8th February 2005

A RAID on a DVD pirating gang produced a haul worth £200,000.

Officers from Operation Halifax swooped on a flat in Manor Park Parade, Lee High Road, looking for a counterfeit DVD factory.

The flat's three occupants tried to flee but were arrested under copyright law and DVD burners capable of producing 24 disks at once were found along with 4,000 pirated films, including recent titles such as Meet the Fockers.

Sergeant Brigid Fisher from Lewisham's sector team said: "This is an excellent result as the profits from counterfeit DVDs fund serious criminal activity including terrorism, human trafficking, the drugs industry and gun crime.

"I would urge people who buy pirate DVDs to ask themselves if they want to be funding these crimes."