Over 20,000 illegal cigarette sticks and over 9kg illegal hand rolling tobacco as well as over 100 illegal niche tobacco items were discovered following raids in Castleford and Pontefract. The activity was conducted by officers from the Trading Standards Illegal Tobacco Team, following up on information provided by members of the public. The raids were carried ...more
Public encouraged to report illegal sellers who often target children New anonymous website reporting form and hotline Illegal tobacco worth approx. £157,500 already seized since 2014 A campaign that aims to further reduce supply and demand for illegal tobacco, including stopping dealers who sell to children, has been relaunched across West Yorkshire. The trade in ...more
Trading standards found 81,000 Russian, Polish, and other foreign brands worth £34,000 hidden in the basement of the Darwesh Barber shop. Cut-price cigarettes have left a barber with a £1,500 fine after a huge haul of illegal tobacco was seized. Acting on an anonymous tip-off, trading standards officers found 81,000 Russian, Polish, and other foreign ...more
Sniffer dogs Scamp and Yo-Yo helped trading standards find the hidden stashes of illegal goods in two West End stores in Newcastle Sniffer dogs discovered thousands of illegal cigarettes in a series of swoops in Newcastle. The black market goods were seized by officers from trading standards after targeting shops around the city. Operation Beagle, ...more
Trading Standards officers have been carrying out raids across West Yorkshire amid reports that traders have been selling illegal tobacco and supplying to under age children. Illegal products were seized during raids in Leeds, Kirklees, Wakefield, Bradford and Calderdale, with many of the seized items found hidden in concealments such as voids in walls and ...more
A 63-year-old Bexley man is among four men from London arrested on suspicion of tobacco smuggling. ...more
A Charlton supermarket manager has been charged £4,770 after sniffer dogs found illicit tobacco inside the lining of his jacket. ...more
A raid on a Woolwich newsagent uncovered 6,600 illegal cigarettes. Police with sniffer dogs, customs and Greenwich Council trading standards officers found the illegal fags in the basement of JB Patel and Son on Woolwich New Road. Owner Jashbhia Patel was ordered to pay £5,891 at Bexley Magistrates Court on January 26 after pleading guilty ...more
Kirklees Council is backing a new campaign to tackle the trade in illegal tobacco and stop dealers who sell to children. ...more
A crackdown on the illegal tobacco trade and the sale of cigarettes to children will begin across the area today. ...more
