Expensive copying equipment was seized by police

Sophisticated copying equipment was among goods estimated to be worth �200,000 found during a search of the house in Portadown on Thursday evening.

Officers uncovered a significant amount of equipment which is used to manufacture counterfeit goods.

This included DVD writers, video taping equipment, CD burners and machinery which is used to make computer games.

Colin Cushley of the PSNI's Organised Crime Squad said the operation would have a big impact on people involved in producing counterfeit goods.

"Blank CDs are not terribly expensive but the equipment to produce these things is expensive," he said.

"Certainly, that would be a major dent in the counterfeiters' business to be able to take that equipment off them."