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.
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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.
Saturday 4th September 2010
10,000 cigarettes seized in Birkenhead shop
More than 10,000 cigarettes and 1.5kg of tobacco were seized during a raid on a Birkenhead shop.
Saturday 4th September 2010
1 million cigarettes seized at Immingham
More than 1 million cigarettes have been found inside concrete blocks at Immingham docks by our officers. Officers uncovered the haul on Wednesday (27 October) following checks on lorry freight arriving from the continent.
Saturday 4th September 2010
1.5 million cigarettes seized at Hull
Around 1.5 million cigarettes have been found hidden inside concrete blocks at Hull docks by our officers. Officers uncovered the haul on Thursday night (2 December) following checks on lorry freight arriving from Zeebrugge in Belgium.
Saturday 4th September 2010
Barnsley streets safer thanks to illegal cigs raid
A group of illegal tobacco traders from Barnsley has been convicted after being caught with over 2-million illegal cigarettes destined for the local market.
Saturday 4th September 2010
HMRC stop 10-million illegal cigarettes hitting Merseyside streets
Five Merseyside men have been arrested and almost 10-million illegal cigarettes seized by officers from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
Saturday 4th September 2010
Safer streets in Gateshead following ‘tab-house’ raid
Police and trading standards have seized hundreds of counterfeit cigarettes and packets of tobacco following a raid on two homes on Gateshead’s Springwell Estate.
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