Only five? When I walk down the High Street nowadays it's more like 25 of these characters hovering about trying to sell their dodgy goods. Doesn't say much for the authorities organisation!

These are organised criminals who seem to have intimidated local traders into silence and acquiescence. I have suspicions they may even have also cowed the police and their useless PCSOs into a appeasing their activities.

Notwithstanding the spin, all the usual faces were there this morning, selling their dvds and smuggled dvds.

I have regularly seen them hiding their wares on other shopkeepers' premices and on market stalls when there are police or other enforcement officers about, while barely pretending to be customers in cafes or in nearby betting shops. The pantomime of the enforcement 'efforts' and the clear lack of any real commitment to dealing with this issue would not encourage any reasonably intelligent person to speak up when the authorites "act".

Given the weakness of the various attempts by the police to look like they have done something about this when everyone knows they have done nothing effective for months and month- other than the nonsense spun in this case by an anonymous spokeswoman I notice - I do not blame the traders.

So little has been done by the police, for so long, that the criminality is now endemic. Fining these people seems merely like the authorities are taking a cut from these gangs operations. If so, it's peanuts and does absolutely nothing to make them stop.

Sorry, that should have said "selling their dvds and smuggled cigarettes".

If there is one example of this Government having lost control of our boarders it is this situation of hoards of illegal immigrants selling these goods.

Once arrested, as mentioned time again, they are let out to carry on as before. We never had this situation 10 years ago. Now we even have the 'three card trick' by several gangs.

This practice used to be confined up the West End. I rang the Police once to report a gang illegally gaming in the street and the Officer did not know what a 'three card drink' was about!

In 2006 the Waltham Forest Guardian launched its Don't Buy Dodgy DVDs campaign, aimed at discourgaing people from buying copied DVDs, as their production is often linked to criminal gangs and people trafficking.

I meant to add that I am sure that the above campaign was made with good intentions but the problem at Temple Mills has got so bad that it is not even discrete anymore and they just stand by the doorways of the shops. If the stores and/or the police took out an injunction against the individuals this would certainly be a better prospect.

I'm not surprised the officer did not know what a "three card drink" was. He might have understood if told about a three card trick.

This is no way to deal with these people. They should be charged, taken to court, and the magistates asked to consider recommending deportation. We neither want nor need them here.