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Newsagent sold illegal cigarettes

A Newsagent has been fined for selling cigarettes which did not carry health warnings.

Middlesbrough: Crackdown on illegal tobacco

Communities across Teesside are helping to keep illegal tobacco off their streets as Fresh North East launches the next phase of its successful campaign to reduce the size of the market in illegal tobacco.

HMRC raid on tobacco fraudster

A MAN has been charged with evading more than £500,000 in excise duty and VAT after police seized duty free tobacco and counterfeit packaging.

Crackdown on illicit cigs

PEOPLE are being urged to play their part in keeping illegal tobacco off the streets.

16m Euros worth of illegal cigarettes seized by customs

CUSTOMS officers yesterday seized 3.5 million cigarettes at Rosslare Port, adding to the haul of 38 million seized in Dublin Port on Thursday.

Newbiggin pensioner cleared of duty evasion

A PENSIONER accused of trying to evade duty on large amounts of cigarettes and tobacco has been cleared of two of the three charges he faced.

Trading standards raids uncovered trade in illegal cigarettes at Bradford city centre store

A Bradford shopkeeper traded in illicit cigarettes and tobacco from his city-centre store, a court heard.

Bootleg tobacco is seized in Newcastle raids

A haul of bootleg tobacco has been seized in raids on Tyneside stores.

Jail over £131m-a-year fake cigarettes racket

Two men from Staffordshire were today behind bars for their role in a counterfeit cigarette racket capable of making up to 625 million counterfeit cigarettes and five million pouches of fake hand rolling tobacco a year.

Couple jailed for illicit tobacco trading

A COUPLE who ran an illicit enterprise dealing in smuggled tobacco and cigarettes have been jailed.


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