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Britain’s biggest tobacco firm facing questions over links to state-owned factory in Belarus

Britain’s biggest cigarette company is facing questions over its links to the Belarus regime as…

Tobacco smuggling Leeds gang member jailed after three years on the run

A Leeds man has been jailed for his role in a criminal tobacco smuggling gang…

Projects sees seven million illegal cigarettes removed from West Yorkshire’s streets

Up to seven million illegal cigarettes and two and a half tonnes of illicit hand-rolling…

Police poke fun at hapless criminal after 10,000 cigarettes were left in crashed car

A hapless criminal with a stash of illegal cigarettes crashed into a car and fled…

Thousands of packets of ‘bootleg’ cigarettes found in raid on Bradford shop

A MAN who ran a Bradford mini market has been told he could face a…

West Yorkshire shop used hidden chute to serve illegal cigarettes

A West Yorkshire shop thought it had devised an ingenious way to sell illicit tobacco:…

Shopkeepers hid secret stashes of dodgy fags in hollowed-out CD player and storeroom panelling

North Ormesby shop keepers hid secret stashes of cigarettes and tobacco in an “organised” operation.

Dog helps sniff out dodgy cigarettes and tobacco as checks are carried out across Sunderland shops

A specially-trained tobacco dog has helped police and Trading Standards officers uncover a haul of…

Illegal tobacco seized in North Tyneside

A large amount of illegal tobacco has been seized by North Tyneside Council’s Trading Standards…

Raid on Wallsend shop sees £10,000 worth of illegal tobacco seized

North Tyneside Trading Standards, Northumbria Police and Yoyo the Working Cocker Spaniel made up the…


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