40,000 fake items seized at boot sale; CRIME: Police find computer games, CDs and DVDs among pounds 100,000.

Byline: Justine Halifax

POLICE have seized fake DVDs, CDs and computer games worth tens of thousands of pounds at a car boot sale.

It is the latest success for Staffordshire Police as a crackdown on counterfeiters targeting car boot sales extends across the county.

The force has already seized more than pounds 1million worth of fake goods, including Bluray discs, in three separate operations at a car boot sale in Cocksparrow Lane, Huntington, near Cannock, this year.

The latest offensive saw between 40,000 and 50,000 dodgy DVDs, CDs, and computer games unearthed during a high-profile police operation at Bednall car boot sale, on the A34, in Stafford, on Sunday.

The haul is estimated to have a street value of about pounds 100,000.

Staffordshire Police has warned other counterfeiters thinking of following suit and peddling their wares at car boot sales in the county that they could be next in line to be caught red handed.

A Staffordshire Police spokesman said: "As part of the drive to combat the sale of counterfeit goods in the county, we will be continuing these campaigns over coming months by visiting car boot sales throughout the area." Sgt Tim Heap, from Watling Street Neighbourhood Policing Unit, said the discs being sold were of low quality and buyers would be wasting their cash as well as supporting criminals.

He said: "Our officers and partner agencies are committed to working together to tackle and reduce this type of crime. We aim to keep those selling counterfeit goods out of the division." The operation saw Staffordshire Police join forces with county Trading Standards and FACT..