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.
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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.
Saturday 4th September 2010
Manchester ‘snowmen’ cigarette smugglers jailed
Two Manchester men who pretended to import Christmas snowmen in a plot to smuggle nine million cigarettes into the UK, have been jailed. The cigarettes had a potential tax loss of over £1.4 million.
Saturday 4th September 2010
Jail sentance for Bolton men caught selling cheap cigs
Four men have been given suspended jail sentences after being caught selling illegal cigarettes at a Bolton market.
Saturday 4th September 2010
Father and son team ‘lose everything’ after selling illegal tobacco
A father and son team from Sunderland has been sentenced after selling illegal tobacco and alcohol from their city centre store.
Saturday 4th September 2010
Illegal vodka and tobacco gang are given 56 years
Six members of a gang who used high-tech equipment to turn out 24 fake bottles of vodka a minute, plus large quantities of hand rolling tobacco, were jailed at Southwark Crown Court today for more than 56 years.
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