2 million HK dollars worth of pornographic articles seized

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2 million HK dollars worth of pornographic articles seized

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Hong Kong Police and the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA) seized 70,000 pieces of suspected pornographic video compact discs (VCDs) and digital video discs (DVDs) in a joint operation Saturday in Mong Kok District.

Officers from TELA and Task Force, Mong Kok District, raided two shopping arcade in Shan Tung Street and Dundas at about 2:00 pm on January 3.

A total of 70 000 obscene VCDs and DVDs were seized during the raids. The market value of the VCDs and DVDs seized is worth about 2 million HK dollars (257,881 US dollars).

Police also arrested three men for possession of obscene articles for the purpose of publication.

The three arrested men, aged from 30 to 45 are still being detained for further investigation.

Source: Xinhua

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