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Investigation launched after Leeds off licence is caught with illegal tobacco

Leeds City Council states that “illicit cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco” were found at Fountain…

Bensham bootlegger claimed dirty money ‘could have been from the bingo

A Gateshead woman who was caught with almost 12,000 illegal cigarettes has been told she…

More than 60,000 illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth £42,000 seized from Gateshead home

Trading standards and Northumbria Police officers carried out a search at a home in Gateshead…

Court order forces shop to close following repeated illegal tobacco offences

A Byker shop has been forced to close for three months after a court heard of repeated…

Sniffer dogs find more than £1,200 worth of illegal cigarettes and tobacco hidden in South Shields car

Two sniffer dogs have discovered a haul of illegal cigarettes and tobacco hidden in a…

Thousands of illegal cigarettes stashed in hidden compartment in Byker shop’s toilet

Thousands of illegal cigarettes have been found stashed in a hidden compartment in the toilet…

Bensham woman convicted of selling illegal cigarettes

A Gateshead woman who was caught selling almost 12,000 illegal cigarettes from her home has…

Police shut down Huddersfield town centre shop for continual criminal activity

Police were left with “no other option” than to close a Huddersfield town centre shop…

Illegal tobacco seller from Dewsbury hid 25,000 illicit cigarettes and 11kg of hand rolling tobacco

A Dewsbury woman has admitted selling illegal cigarattes and tobacco products from her business.

Illegal money lender from Crewe sent to prison

An illegal money lender who also traded in illicit tobacco products has been jailed following…


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