McAllen flea market raid ends with 9 arrested, seized DVDs & CDs
Posted: 02.27.2012 at 5:25 PM

Some nine people are behind bars after a raid at a flea market in McAllen ended with the seizure of 65,000 pirate DVDs and CDs.

It all happened at the South 23rd Street flea market on Saturday.

McAllen police told Action 4 News the following nine suspects were arrested on state labeling charges:

• Maria Guadalupe Tovar
• Mario Alberto Orduna
• Emerson Isaac Hernandez
• Reymundo Arturo Narvaez
• Marlon (Rapalo) Gallegos
• Juan Ricardo Lopez
• Juan Antonio Centeno
• Armando Amaya
• Jose Manuel Paz

Tovar, Orduna and Hernandez were issued $1,500 dollar bonds on Sunday while the others each issued $15,000 dollar bonds.

Investigators told Action 4 News that police seized pirate DVDs, CDs and the machines used to make them.

McAllen police had arrested Yasmin Alesandra Chaparro on state labeling charges just a few days before the flea market raid.