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Over 3,000 Pirated DVDs Confiscated From Plainfield Flea Market

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (CBS) -- Plainfield police have confiscated more than 3,000 pirated DVDs that merchants were trying to sell at a flea market this past weekend.

On Saturday, Plainfield police detectives conducted a sting, after someone complained that pirated DVDs were being sold at the Route 30 Plex flea market, at 16300 S. Lincoln Highway.

Detectives bought 10 DVDs from three merchants. They confiscated the rest of the DVDs after finding they were all bootlegs, police said.

Detectives identified one suspect, but the others fled the scene. Detectives later identified a second suspect, but police did not indicate that anyone was in custody.

The 3,127 pirated DVDs could have netted the suspects more than $7,800, police said.

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