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Anonymous tip offs boost illegal cigarette campaign

MORE than 350 anonymous tip offs from the public have been received by trading standards…

Trio jailed for smuggling cigarettes

THREE men have been jailed after they were caught with more than 1.5 million illegal…

Thousands of illegal cigarettes seized from home

Thousands of illegal cigarettes with a market value of £24,000 have been seized from a…

Shop targeted in illegal tobacco raid loses booze licence

A Stockton shop has lost its booze licence after the owner tried to transfer his licence…

Tobacco industry seeking to control anti-smuggling measures, say critics

The tobacco industry is working to secure control of a system to track the movement…

West Yorkshire: Shop raided FIVE TIMES for fake tobacco loses alcohol licence after police step in

The premises licence allowing a mini-market to sell alcohol has been revoked by councillors who…

Four members of same family jailed for selling counterfeit cigarettes from ‘tab house’

The couple made hundreds of thousands of pounds in the process, with the potential turnover…

Woman who hid illegal cigarettes in Dr Dre headphone boxes told to cough up £16K

A Stockton woman who hid thousands of illegal cigarettes inside Dr Dre headphone boxes has…

Middlesbrough illegal cigarette stash couple sentenced

A Middlesbrough couple caught with almost 140,000 illegal cigarettes have been handed suspended jail terms.

See the suspected stash of illegal cigarettes found in Gateshead shop – hidden behind secret wall:

Officers making the discovery behind the wall in a Gateshead shop


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