PIRATE DVDs and computer games worth £50,000 have been seized from a house in Blackburn.

Police and trading standards officers also recovered 11 CD making-machines worth £3,000 from the house in Brooklands Terrace, Little Harwood.

Recordings of brand-new hit movies, including Atonement, Jumper, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Rambo 4 - which has not yet been released on DVD - were recovered.

Nobody has been arrested, but a man living in the house is set to be questioned on suspicion of breaching copyright and trade marks legislation.

Chris Allen, head of environmental health and trading standards at Blackburn with Darwen council, said police intelligence led to Wednesday's raid.

He said the DVDs and games seized - which filled a van - would have been worth £50,000 if sold by a high street retailer.

Forensic tests will be carried out to try and track down where the equipment came from, he said.

He added: "We will carry out tests to try and find out the supply chain.

"We pick up information like this on a regular basis, and it is a national problem.

"But this was a good seizure. There were up-to-the-minute films and games, and I would say the detriment to the economy would be £50,000.

"It's certainly not just someone playing around. To have 11 CD burners shows some commitment to defrauding the public."

One resident of Brooklands Terrace, Little Harwood, who asked to remain anonymous said: "This is a really quiet street. I was out at work when it happened.

"Nothing like this has happened before."