7,000 DVD factory found as police swoop on city houses
Mar 31 2008
by Michelle Fiddler, Liverpool Echo

A DVD factory was found in a Kensington house today during a series of police raids.

More than 7,000 DVDs and writing equipment were found in the house in Empress Road by police and trading standards officers.

Officers from Merseyside police were due to execute 11 warrants around the Tuebrook, Kensington, Stoneycroft and Fairfield areas.

The raids, connected to car crime, theft, burglary drugs and anti-social behaviour, were part of the Total Policing war on crime.

Closure orders for crack houses and drug dens were also due to be enforced.

Earlier this month the ECHO revealed residents in Kensington were complaining of drug-related crime.

Neighbours said the Sheil Road area had become a haven for drug users and prostitutes.

They said syringes and condoms were a regular sight in the street and front gardens.

Kensington and Fairfield councillor Frank Doran said: “The police have been gathering information from individuals and organisations. They get lots of information and then go for one hit to clean up.



“These events are important because a lot of the information has come from the community.”

Source: Liverpool Echo