with further raids in Norbury and Bournemouth
On Wednesday 31st January officers from the Met raided ten addresses in London and Dorset in an operation to clamp down on the illegal distribution of obscene publications.
Eight men were arrested in total as part of the five month long intelligence led operation - codenamed Jabali.
As part of the operation officers from the Obscene Publications Unit raided four premises believed to be operating as unlicensed sex shops in Wandsworth, Norbury and Bournemouth. One man was arrested at each address on suspicion of the publication for gain of an obscene article and offences under the Video Recording Act.
Four men were arrested at a business address in Verwood, Dorset. All four were arrested on suspicion of the publication for gain of an obscene article and offences under the Video Recording Act. Three of the men were also arrested on suspicion of money laundering, under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Searches are now ongoing at the business address in Verwood, Dorset, and at a business address in East London. Officers have seized in the region of 4,000 DVDs and VHS cassettes.
Officers have pieced together what is believed to be an organised business illegally distributing obscene material.
January 31, 2007
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