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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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January 12, 2007
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Crime
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130 arrested for piracy
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Customs have arrested 130 people and seized $10.4 million worth of goods in a one-month anti-piracy operation.

 

Officers raided 806 pirated optical disc retail outlets, 80 counterfeit goods stalls and 17 showroom-and-storage facilities across Hong Kong.

 

The haul included $2.2 million worth of counterfeit goods and $8.2 million worth of pirated optical discs. Those arrested were aged 14 to 60.

 

The operation is continuing.