Friday 4th June 2010
Cigarette smuggling scam is stubbed out
A gang of cigarette smugglers have been jailed after bringing almost 200,000 illegal cigarettes through Newcastle Airport.
...moreA gang of cigarette smugglers have been jailed after bringing almost 200,000 illegal cigarettes through Newcastle Airport.
...morePolice in Kent have seized an ice-cream van packed with cigarettes and tobacco, after being tipped off by local residents.
...moreAn illegal tobacco smuggler has been forced to pay back £185,000 of his ill-gotten gains to avoid facing a prison sentence.
...moreProceeds gained from illegal tobacco smuggling were used by the Provisional IRA to help fund terrorism, according to an article in The Irish Times.
...moreFour women from Sunderland have been caught trying to smuggle 64,000 cigarettes into the UK after a trip to Tenerife.
...moreThousands of pounds-worth of illegal cigarettes and alcohol were confiscated during a raid in New Herrington.
...moreTrading standards officers have launched a series of raids on houses in Gateshead suspected of selling illegal tobacco.
...moreA CRACKDOWN on the illegal tobacco trade and the sale of cigarettes to children will begin across West Yorkshire and York today.
...moreTwo cousins have been jailed for 18-months after selling tens of thousands of pounds-worth of counterfeit goods, including illegal tobacco, from their shop in Bradford.
...moreCity of York Council is launching a new campaign across York today to tackle the trade in illegal tobacco and stop dealers who sell to children.
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