Friday 22nd July 2011
Stockport man smuggles smoke in mirrors
A Stockport man who illegally smuggled a tonne of tobacco into the UK hidden in furniture, mirrors and handicrafts has been sentenced.
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Friday 10th June 2011
Ex-train driver denies part in £200,000 international fraud
A FORMER Whitehaven train driver masterminded a £200,000 international fraud by sending illicit drugs and tobacco home to his friends in West Cumbria after emigrating to Thailand, a court has heard.
Wednesday 18th May 2011
HMRC target illegal tobacco across Lancashire and Manchester
More than 37 kilos of illegal tobacco and almost 23,000 non UK duty paid cigarettes have been seized by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in an operation targeting the trade in illegal tobacco across Lancashire and Manchester.
Wednesday 4th May 2011
Game over for Cheshire cigarette smuggler
A Macclesfield man, who hijacked the identity of a company in Wales and illegally imported over 18 million cigarettes in containers claiming they were board games was jailed for three years and eight months.
Tuesday 8th March 2011
Rochdale ‘flowers’ wilt under scrutiny
A market trader from Rochdale, who claimed boxes containing 40kilos of smuggled tobacco were packed with flowers, was sentenced to a suspended jail term and community work at Manchester Crown Court today for trading in illicit tobacco. His accomplice from Humberside was sentenced to 19 months jail.
Monday 4th October 2010
Police find more than they bargain for in pound shop
Police officers in Bolton discover packs of illegal cigarettes and contraband loose tobacco after raiding a busy town centre pound shop.
Saturday 4th September 2010
Welsh ice-cream van sells cigs to kids
Two men have been fined £1,130 for selling cigarettes to kids as young as 11 from their ice-cream van in Pontypool.
Saturday 4th September 2010
South Shields’ tab houses target kids
Children as young as eight are being exploited by criminals and criminal gangs running so-called ‘tab houses’, health officials have warned.
Saturday 4th September 2010
Thousands of cigs seized in double raid
Thousands of illegal cigarettes have been taken off the streets following raids on a shop and a house in Huddersfield.
Saturday 4th September 2010
Cumbria crackdown on ice-cream van tobacco sales
Cumbria Trading Standards has vowed to step up its efforts in stamping out counterfeit tobacco and underage sales following the conviction of an ice-cream seller who sold fake fags to kids.
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