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RCMP seize equipment allegedly used in TV signal piracy at 64-year-old’s home

SHERBROOKE, QC – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced Tuesday they had seized equipment believed to be used in satellite TV signal theft in a 64-year-old man’s home in Austin, Bedford Township. The RCMP confiscated 20 receivers, 50 Bell smart cards, equipment that could be used to steal satellite TV signals and computers containing information on satellite TV signal piracy in the search last Thursday of the home. The Austin resident was arrested and questioned by the police officers. He could be summoned to appear in court on charges of theft of satellite signals, possession of equipment used to intercept...