During the initial crackdown, which was led by at least three joint OMB and NBI teams, he said they found more than 50 retail stalls inside the public market that were selling pirated DVDs and CDs.
But he said they failed to cover all the targeted stalls as their owners were able to close them down and hastily leave the area before the raiding them reached them.
“There are still a lot of pirated materials there. I think we covered around 20 percent of the entire area,” he said.
Padilla said they are currently planning to launch more raids to help rid the area of pirated materials and eventually discourage local retailers and financiers from continuing with the illegal activity.||| |||buy arimidex online with |||
He said the NBI-Sardo and local police units initially signed up to become deputized agents of the OMB in the area.
“They will serve as our eyes and ears as well as our law enforcement arm here,” Padilla said.
Mayor Custodio lauded the anti-piracy operations launched by the OMB in the area and vowed to provide the necessary support from the local government to help sustain the campaign.
“We will initially make our own inquiry regarding this problem and help the OMB in the monitoring aspect,” she said.
The mayor added that she will also initiate an inquiry to determine why the city government’s employees assigned at the public market had failed to report or make any move to stop the illegal activity. (Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews)
