Thursday 30th August 2018
See the stash of suspected illegal cigarettes hidden under a bathtub in a Newcastle home
A joint operation by Northumbria Police and Newcastle City Council made the seizure in Newcastle on June 4 ...more
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Thursday 30th August 2018
UK approves protocol aimed at reducing illicit tobacco market
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products provides a blueprint for the regulation of tobacco production and distribution, as well as international cooperation between enforcement authorities. ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Selling illicit tobacco to undercover officer lands man in court
A MAN who sold illicit cigarettes and tobacco to an undercover trading standards officer has been ordered to pay more than £400 ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Shop targeted in counterfeit raid loses booze licence after trying to transfer it
A Stockton shop has lost its booze licence after the owner tried to transfer his licence to a “mate” following a trading standards raid. ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Cigarette smuggling ‘kingpin’ must pay £412k or face jail
The mastermind of a plot to bring 10 million illicit cigarettes into the UK must pay back more than £400,000 or face four more years in prison. ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Big Tobacco is consistently overstating black market in cigarettes – new findings
What’s the size of the black market in tobacco and who is behind it? ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Three jailed after being caught with 1.5million illegal cigarettes worth more than £500,000 in unpaid tax
Three men have been jailed after they were caught with more than 1.5 million illegal cigarettes in a South Shields warehouse…. ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Illicit tobacco campaign generates hundreds of tip offs
Hundreds of people have come forward with illicit tobacco tip offs since the launch of a new local authority-funded campaign in the North East of England. ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Campaign to tackle illicit tobacco reports hundreds of tip offs
Hundreds of people have come forward with tip offs about illegal tobacco following the launch of a local initiative. ...more
Thursday 30th August 2018
Anonymous tip offs boost illegal cigarette campaign
MORE than 350 anonymous tip offs from the public have been received by trading standards teams since the launch of a campaign tackling the sale of illegal tobacco. ...more
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