Takeaway van seized after offering free porn with beer and burgers

POLICE have seized a burger van that was used to peddle porn in an East Yorkshire town.

Customers were offered a free pornographic DVD if they spent more than £5 on beer and burgers at the takeaway in Driffield.

Two men were bailed pending further investigations in the undercover operation by police and licensing officers.

Police swooped on the van following tip-offs from the public.

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It is also claimed the burger van, which operated from a garden in Cranwell Road, was not licensed to sell hot food and alcohol.

That area of Driffield is popular with young revellers attending late-night bars and clubs at the weekend.

Sergeant Dave Jenkins, of the Driffield Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: "The van had been operating for about two weeks.

"We received complaints that free porn DVDs were being offered to everyone who spent £5 or more on beer and burgers. Undercover officers made test purchases and found this to be true before Saturday night's operation when the caravan was seized.

"We won't tolerate this because youngster could have been given the DVDs."

Police said the two men were bailed to a later date while officers decide what offences have been committed and what charges they will face. Confiscated DVDs have been passed to East Riding Council's trading standards department.

Police licensing officer PC Carolyn Grundy said: "Porn was being played on a TV inside the caravan when we arrived on Saturday night.

"It is unbelievable customers were being offered porn DVDs with their beer and burgers at an outlet that did not even have the necessary licences.

"The operation went well and we are now looking at the evidence to see what offences have been committed."

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