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Pensioner arrested in North on online piracy charges

Thursday, 28 August 2008

A pensioner has been arrested in the North as part of an international operation against online piracy.

The 65-year-old man was detained by the PSNI Intellectual Property Crime Unit working in partnership with the Federation Against Copyright Theft.

The operation forms part of a global drive against those selling the latest films, music, computer games and computer software online illegally.

The man was arrested in the east of Belfast, and a substantial amount of equipment and a sum of cash were also seized.

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