The premises licence allowing a mini-market to sell alcohol has been revoked by councillors who heard of a series of tobacco busts. ...more
The couple made hundreds of thousands of pounds in the process, with the potential turnover of the business estimated at between £936,000 and £1.2million over the course of three years. ...more
A Stockton woman who hid thousands of illegal cigarettes inside Dr Dre headphone boxes has been ordered to repay £16,000. ...more
A Middlesbrough couple caught with almost 140,000 illegal cigarettes have been handed suspended jail terms. ...more
Officers making the discovery behind the wall in a Gateshead shop ...more
A five-strong tobacco smuggling gang, which brought more than 12 million illicit cigarettes into the North East hidden inside wooden cable drum discs, has been jailed. ...more
A smuggling gang who flooded the North East with more than 12 million illegal cigarettes after stashing then inside cable drum discs have been jailed. ...more
TWO shops selling counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco have been shut down after they were linked to “persistent criminality”. ...more
A smuggler was caught with 20,000 illegal cigarettes in his car as he travelled along the A19 . ...more
A MAN has been fined after a stash of counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes was discovered under the floorboards of a shop by trading standards officers. ...more
