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Shopkeepers who sell illegal tobacco paying the price

Shopkeepers repeatedly caught selling illicit tobacco faced tax bills and penalties of more than £11m…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Cigarette smuggling ‘kingpin’ must pay £412k or face jail

The mastermind of a plot to bring 10 million illicit cigarettes into the UK must…

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?

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…

Illicit tobacco campaign generates hundreds of tip offs

Hundreds of people have come forward with illicit tobacco tip offs since the launch of…

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…


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