Monday 14th July 2014
Campaign aims to smoke out illegal tobacco
A CRACKDOWN on the illegal tobacco trade and the sale of cigarettes to children will begin across West Yorkshire and York today. ...more
A CRACKDOWN on the illegal tobacco trade and the sale of cigarettes to children will begin across West Yorkshire and York today. ...more
A new campaign is launching across West Yorkshire and York (14 July 2014) to tackle the trade in illegal tobacco and stop dealers who sell to children. ...more
A NEW campaign is launching across West Yorkshire and York (14 July) to tackle the trade in illegal tobacco and stop dealers who sell to children. ...more
Officers swooped after receiving a tip-off that non-duty paid tobacco was being sold from the premises in Heyhouses Lane. ...more
A huge stash of contraband cigarettes and Viagra-style tablets plus a Samarai swords were found hidden in a house after undercover trading standards officers carried out surveillance on a rogue dealer. ...more
Parents are being urged to help keep illegal tobacco off the streets this summer, with unscrupulous dealers likely to be looking for teenage customers over the school holidays. ...more
MORE than 600 packets of illegal tobacco were seized during raids on retail premises by police and trading standards officers. ...more
A PENSIONER appeared in court yesterday (28th February) accused of selling bootleg cigarettes and tobacco on the streets of South Tyneside. ...more
TRADERS dealing in illicit tobacco were today warned: 'We are on to you.' More than 1,000 packets of counterfeit tobacco were seized after sniffer dogs hunted them out during a series of surprise raids. ...more
A SERIES of raids have taken place in County Durham today (Friday, February 15) as part of a crackdown on illegal tobacco. ...more