Murphy and Ozzie help sniff out contraband haul
TWO sniffer dogs discovered more than £4,000 worth of contraband cigarettes and packets of tobacco in children’s lunchboxes.
TWO sniffer dogs discovered more than £4,000 worth of contraband cigarettes and packets of tobacco in children’s lunchboxes.
A HUGE haul of tobacco, which could have cost taxpayers £36,000 in lost revenue, has been seized at the Port of Hull.
AN AIRLINE worker from Leigh has been fined for attempting to smuggle cigarettes into the UK through Manchester Airport.
Ten people have been arrested in raids in the UK and Luxembourg in a suspected £50m tax fraud by an international tobacco smuggling ring.
SNIFFER dogs uncovered more than 1,000 packets of illegal cigarettes at Southport shops.
A £15,000 HAUL of illegal tobacco – believed to be the largest find ever made in Middlesbrough – has been seized following a house raid.
WHEN Stephen Horton was stopped by customs officials after driving off the ferry from France, he declared he had “just a few packet of cigarettes with him”.
SOUTH Tyneside smokers are being urged to stub out illegal tobacco sales.
South Tyneside trading standards officers visited a supermarket last week to encourage shoppers to stub out illegal tobacco.
A contraband tobacco dealer has become the first in Scotland to receive a banning order under new Government legislation.