Re: @streaky
Been there and experienced that.
I was arrested and questioned for 8 hours; released and all charges dropped in 4 days.
Computer equipment returned a year later in a "non functional" condition.
Some of it I managed to get working again, but a laptop and one HDD were trashed, and a lot of flash memory cards and OS disks were "missing" (along with ~£200 in mixed foreign currency)
As mentioned above, they ALMOST CERTAINLY know they cant convict him of anything, but by seizing his equipment they put him out of business, and if he has enough to buy/lease new equipment, they will just keep arresting him until he runs out of money.
By the time the first arrest comes to court, they could have arrested him and seized equipment a further 10-20 times.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
