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26 February 2016
26.02.16 - A NEWPORT shop-keeper who made up to £3,000 per day from selling illegal and illicit tobacco products was jailed for two years and eight months yesterday.
26 February 2016
26.02.16 - Trading Standards removed counterfeit goods worth estimated £2m from 11 premises.
25 February 2016
25.02.16 - Terence Crook appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday to be sentenced having previously admitted trying to cash in on the counterfeit goods.
25 February 2016
25.02.16 - A shopkeeper has appeared in court after thousands of cigarettes were seized from his store following a massive operation to trap counterfeit cigarette traders.
25 February 2016
25.02.16 - Independent research carried out at St Andrews University showed fake cigarettes being sold in the UK contained five times as much cadmium as genuine cigarettes. Cadmium can severely damage the lungs and is linked with kidney disease. Fakes also carry nearly six times as much lead, which damages the organs and nervous system. Further research by an independent laboratory showed counterfeit cigarettes seized by Customs also contained 160 per cent more tar, 80 per cent more nicotine and 133 per cent more carbon monoxide than genuine cigarettes.
23 February 2016
23.02.16 - More than half of 17 retailers found to be selling illegal products in surprise inspections.
22 February 2016
22.02.16 - he swoops were carried out by police in the east end of the town.
19 February 2016
19.02.16 - A man who was arrested by officers from the City of London Police's Intellectual Property Crime Unit [PIPCU] in connection with an investigation into the online sale of counterfeit airbags has been released on bail.
18 February 2016
18.02.16 - At approximately 08:30hrs today a 34-year-old man was arrested in Blandford Forum on suspicion of counterfeiting and money laundering offences. He currently remains in police custody at a Dorset police station following the arrest, which was made by PIPCU officers, supported by Dorset Police. Officers are also carrying out a search at an address in Poole and so far officers have seized approximately 100 suspected counterfeit airbags, a large quantity of airbag components, financial documents and computers.
18 February 2016
18.02.16 - Hundreds of car owners have been told to have their vehicles checked after the alleged sale of counterfeit airbags on the internet sparked a safety alert. Detectives believe counterfeit airbags have been supplied on eBay.
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