Police destroy 2.5 million fake VCDs, DVDs

9/12/2007

JAKARTA : The Jakarta Police on Wednesday destroyed some 2.5 million counterfeit video compact disks (VCDs) and digital compact disks (DVDs) valued at more than Rp 10 billion (US$1.07 million).

The VCDs and DVDs, seized in a series of police operations targeting pirates, were bulldozed in the parking lot of Jakarta Police Headquarters, in front of a crowd of government officials, Muslim scholars and artists.

Police reported they arrested 330 people responsible for the production and distribution of the destroyed VCDs and DVDs, Elshinta radio reported.

Last year, Jakarta Police destroyed a total of 6 million pirated VCDs and DVDs valued at Rp 30 billion.