Saturday 4th September 2010
Former football chief scores tax fraud own goal
A former football club chief executive has been jailed for five-and-a-half years after admitting to not paying duty on £4.5m-worth of cigarettes.
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Saturday 4th September 2010
Cigarette smuggling gang put behind bars
A Lancashire gang who imported over two million contraband cigarettes into the country packed inside wheelie bins has been jailed for a total of almost nine-years.
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.
Friday 4th June 2010
Ice-cream van full of tobacco seized
Police in Kent have seized an ice-cream van packed with cigarettes and tobacco, after being tipped off by local residents.
Friday 4th June 2010
Ice-cream van smuggler forced to pay back profits
An illegal tobacco smuggler has been forced to pay back £185,000 of his ill-gotten gains to avoid facing a prison sentence.
Tuesday 4th May 2010
Illegal tobacco used to fund terrorism
Proceeds gained from illegal tobacco smuggling were used by the Provisional IRA to help fund terrorism, according to an article in The Irish Times.
Thursday 4th March 2010
Sunderland women smuggled 64,000 cigarettes
Four women from Sunderland have been caught trying to smuggle 64,000 cigarettes into the UK after a trip to Tenerife.
Thursday 4th March 2010
Huge haul of tobacco uncovered in Tyneside
Thousands of pounds-worth of illegal cigarettes and alcohol were confiscated during a raid in New Herrington.
Thursday 4th February 2010
Gateshead tab house trade exposed
Trading standards officers have launched a series of raids on houses in Gateshead suspected of selling illegal tobacco.
Monday 4th January 2010
Crackdown in York
A CRACKDOWN on the illegal tobacco trade and the sale of cigarettes to children will begin across West Yorkshire and York today.
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