Machines seized for video piracy

Sophisticated machinery worth £100,000 for making pirate videos, tapes and CDs have been seized in a raid on a lockup premises…

Sophisticated machinery worth £100,000 for making pirate videos, tapes and CDs have been seized in a raid on a lockup premises in Bluebell, Dublin, on Wednesday night. One man questioned by gardai was later released. The machinery was used for copying films from laser discs on to VHS tapes, at a rate of 100 tapes at a time.

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