25/10/2004

Fireworks seized in Co Fermanagh

A quantity of fireworks with an estimated value of £15,000 and counterfeit goods worth around £30,000 have been seized during a joint police operation in Co Fermanagh on Sunday.

Representatives of FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft), BPI (British Phonographic Industry) and ELSPA, (Entertainment and Leisure Software Association) accompanied uniformed police and members of the PSNI’s Organised Crime Squad during a planned search at Mullan Market near the Fermanagh/Leitrim border outside Kinawley.

Among the counterfeit goods seized were CDs, DVDs and perfume. There were no arrests.

(MB/GMCG)

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