Counterfeit DVDs worth R1-m uncovered
Inspector Michael Read said the counterfeit goods were found in a store room at Chinatown in West Street on Thursday.
This comes exactly a week after police arrested a 24-year-old man in Durban for possession of R300,000 worth of pirated dvd's.
Officers of the Commercial Crime Unit were conducting a routine inspection when they came across a locked store room on Chinatown's third floor.
"The room was opened and police found counterfeit dvd's, cd's and tapes to the value of R1 million," said Read.
Police had established the identity of the owner of the store room and an arrest was imminent.
Last Friday, police arrested a man in another store room in Durban's Wills Street. The man was caught in the process of copying dvd's on his computer and was arrested.
"He was found with R300,000 worth of pirated dvd's in his possession," Read said at the time.
The man also had of list of customers who had bought dvd's from him. The document contained their names, addresses and contact numbers.
Police were using the list to make more arrests. Similar police operations were being intensified in the city, Read said.
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