A SHOP owner has been ordered to pay over £1,100 after a 15 year old girl was sold loose cigarettes during a test purchase.
Thousands of illegal cigarettes seized in major Bradford operation
A major operation in Bradford targeting dealers of cheap and illicit tobacco saw more than 210,000 cigarettes seized
Halifax and Brighouse police involved in huge illegal tobacco and cigarette raids
A multi-agency operation targeting dealers of cheap and illicit tobacco resulted in a seizure of almost 140,000 cigarettes and more than 50kg of hand rolling tobacco in West Yorkshire.
Westerhope father and son jailed after helping smuggle five million cigarettes into the UK
A father and son have been jailed after heading up a crime gang which smuggled over five million illegal cigarettes in the North East.
Lockdown reports and seizures expose illegal tobacco market
If you are offered cheap tobacco during lockdown, often sold locally as “duty-free”, it will almost certainly be illegal, enforcement officers in Greater Manchester have warned.
Manhole discovery unearths 4,000 illicit cigarettes from west Hull shop
Police have recovered 4,000 illicit cigarettes from a west Hull shop – and they were hidden in a manhole.
Arrests made as 400,000 packets of tobacco seized after Hull raid
Two men have been arrested after police seized around 400,000 packets of counterfeit tobacco from a Hull property.
Protecting County Durham residents from illegal products
Almost 15,000 illicit cigarettes have been seized as part of enforcement work to protect the residents of County Durham, councillors will hear.
The huge haul of illicit cigarettes seized in County Durham as part of crackdown on illegal products
Durham County Council’s trading standards team also seized hand rolling tobacco, while £37,000 was confiscated in two incidents
Lockdown exposes the reality of the illegal tobacco market
Tight restrictions on international travel have exposed the reality behind the illegal tobacco market – and it’s not duty frees that are for sale. Recent seizures made by Trading Standards show that smuggled and often fake illegal tobacco products continued to be sold in shops and from homes during lockdown when overseas travel was restricted. […]