Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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.
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Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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…
Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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…
Friday 26th June 2020
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…
Friday 26th June 2020
£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…
Tuesday 9th June 2020
Van carrying more than £150,000 worth of tobacco stopped
A van carrying more than £150,000 worth of illicit tobacco was chased and stopped by…
Thursday 19th March 2020
The EU’s Track & Trace Smokescreen
When the European Union brought in strict new laws in 2014 forcing tobacco companies to…
Monday 9th March 2020
Police visit Normanton shop over litter concerns – and end up finding thousands of counterfeit cigarettes
West Yorkshire Police said it recently visited the premises to talk to staff about the…
Monday 9th March 2020
Counterfeit tobacco found in hidden compartments in Bradford shop
THE new owner of a shop continued to sell counterfeit tobacco because he did not…
Monday 9th March 2020
Illegal product raids in Calderdale sees 9,500 cigarettes and alcohol seized by trading standards
A multi agency operation involving West Yorkshire Trading Standards saw Calderdale businesses searched in which…
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