Spanish authorities break pirate recording operation

Spanish police have arrested 40 people and seized more than 240,000 pirate CDs and DVDs.

Interior minister Angel Acebes says it is the country's biggest ever operation against pirate recording.

The raids took place in 11 Madrid apartments, a country villa and a warehouse on the capital's outskirts.

Those arrested included 29 Chinese, nine Senegalese and two Taiwanese-born Spaniards.