Trading Standards and police have seized foreign satellite equipment from three more pubs in the Conwy area of Wales.
Officials exercised search warrants to raid the Prince Madoc and Litton Tree in Colwyn Bay and Fairview in Llandulas.
During October, police and trading standards officers from Conwy seized foreign decoder cards and digiboxes used to broadcast Premier League football at four other pubs in the area.
The initial raids led to the formation of a licensee's action group which started in Bolton.
Sixteen pubs in the Conwy area have agreed to join the new branch of Licensees Against Media Protection Services (Lamps).
A Trading Standards spokesman said: "This takes to 21 the number of current cases in various stages of progress by Police and/or Trading Standards following execution of search warrants, relating to publicans and dealers possessing decoder cards not authorised for use in the UK."
I would suggest that the licencees write to the cheif constable Richard Brunstrom and demand the equipment back as it has been taken illegaly
1.was the satellite receivers baggged and tagged ? 2.have you got copys of the warrents? 3.what does it say on the warrent ? 4.where are the satellite receivers now?(with the police or trading standards) or mps? 5. attend the meeting on the 22nd at 1 pm lamps bolton
*mps is not a legal body and has no right to have or take any satellite receivers looks like they using the police again to do the dirty work
20/11/2007 news
Posted - 20/11/2007 : 17:32:42
