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Ceres Police Raid Flea Market, Arrest Alleged Music Pirates

CERES (CBS13) - Police in Ceres raided a flea market where vendors were allegedly illegally selling copyrighted music.

The operation took place on Sunday. Ceres police say an undercover detective first went into the El Rematito Crows Landing Flea Market and bought a microSD card. More than 500 copyrighted songs were found on the card, police say.

Detectives soon moved in and arrested five people on allegations they were illegally selling copyrighted music.

Between the five arrested, more than 40,000 copyrighted songs were found.

The operation was undertaken after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) identified the market as a hotspot for music pirates. Police say they will do more operations at the market to drive the point home that they have no tolerance for illegal music sales.

 

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