Counterfeit goods worth more than £10,000 were seized at a car boot sale in Taunton last weekend.

A team from Somerset County Council's Trading Standards, working alongside police, bagged up 638 DVDs and CDs -- including some titles, like Spiderman 2 and Shrek 2, which are not yet out on DVD -- at the event at Taunton Racecourse on Sunday.

The massive operation came just weeks after Trading Standards announced that in the past five years they have confiscated over £1million worth of counterfeit goods.

The seven-figure total was reached after a series of raids on holiday markets across the county during August, and things don't seem to be improving with the department admitting that there is a big problem in this area.

Andy Fowler, of Trading Standards, said: "No arrests were made, but we did seize evidence from stallholders who are now under investigation for alleged offences under the Trademarks Act."

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset police said they have been working closely with Trading Standards at such events as part of a nationwide crackdown into the selling of counterfeit goods.

For full story see the County Gazette (Friday, September 10).