A SHOPKEEPER who was found in possession of thousands of packets of cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco which breached trading standards regulations claimed they were for his own use.
Bolton Council backs Keep it Out of our neighbourhoods illegal tobacco campaign
BOLTON Council is backing a campaign to crack down on the selling of illegal tobacco as children in the region are getting hooked on it after buying it from shops.
The hidden cupboard built into a toilet wall that uncovered a hardware shop’s secret
More than 2,000 illegal cigarettes were found hidden in a secret cupboard built into a toilet wall inside a hardware shop during a trading standards raid.
Wakefield Council takes tonnes of illegal tobacco off the streets
Wakefield Council is up for an award for its work in taking tonnes of illegal tobacco off the streets of the district.
Illicit tobacco trade in West Yorkshire is front for modern-day slavery, report claims
WEST Yorkshire’s illicit tobacco trade is being used as a front for modern-day slavery, while also linked to “drugs, firearms and burglaries”, a new report has claimed.
Local councils underprepared for illicit trade rise spurred by pandemic
Council budgets, broken supply chains and international travel returning creates recipe for rising illicit trade.
Shop banned from selling alcohol after illegal tobacco found – and cigarettes sold to 16-year-old
A shop in north Manchester has been banned from selling booze after illegal tobacco was found at the premises.
Fugitive who helped smuggle millions of illegal cigarettes into North East jailed
A fugitive who helped smuggle more than 12 million cigarettes into the North East has been caught and jailed for two years.
Harehills shop assistant’s odd behaviour leads police to huge haul of illegal cigarettes
A huge haul of illegal cigarettes worth £30,000 was found at a Leeds shop after the assistant started acting odd.
£4m cigarette smuggle gang told to cough up a small fortune
Two more international cigarette smugglers were today ordered to pay back a small portion of their ill-gotten gains after their busted multi-million pound importation scam.