Police have seized material from a Keighley works as part of an investigation into the distribution of pornography..

Officers removed items - believed to include indecent photographs - from the site, the identity and location of which are not being revealed.

The raid is linked with a police inquiry in Halifax. Residents on the Furness Drive estate in Illingworth alerted police after youngsters found bags of literature and photographs. Anxious parents say pornographic material, including graphic letters, have been circulating on the estate for weeks.

Police said the investigation aimed to determine the age of people shown in some of the photos.

Inspector Mick Hanks, of Halifax police, said: "As part of the investigation we have recovered certain material from a Keighley premises. We should stress that our inquiries there relate to an individual employee we suspect could be involved and who may have been storing items.

"There is no suggestion his company is implicated. We are still gathering information in a bid to establish if a criminal offence has been committed. There is no evidence at this stage that children feature in the material."

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