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14 March 2017
14.03.17 - Alamzeb Khan (31) of Ardwick Street, Burnley, appeared before Burnley Magistrates on Friday 10th March. He pleaded guilty to four offences relating to the supply of counterfeit cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco and another offence relating to incorrect health warnings on cigarettes packets.
09 March 2017
09.03.17 - Officers targeted a home in central Southend as part of a joint operation following reports about a suspected seller. A police sniffer dog was used to find dozens of pouches of counterfeit tobacco - as well as about 40 small bags of cannabis.
09 March 2017
09.03.17 - David Hutchinson, 58, of Peterlee's Eden Lane pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing counterfeit cigarettes and was jailed at Durham Crown Court for 13 months.
09 March 2017
09.03.17 - A whistleblower wants authorities to stamp out sales of illegal cigarettes, booze and fake designer brands on social media in Spalding.
06 March 2017
06.03.17 - Thousands of fake fags were discovered by Warwickshire Police after the van carrying them crashed and rolled into a nearby farmer's field - leaving a trail of cigarette packets in its wake.
02 March 2017
02.03.17 - Police officers seized packets of cigarettes from a shop in the Eastwood area following a tip-off that counterfeit cigarettes were being sold to children.
26 February 2017
26.02.17 - Hersh Kareen Hasson, 31 of St Anne's Close, Derby, and Shakawan Salah, 38 of Low Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, who jointly run Andrew's News and Booze on Lower Road, pleaded guilty to eight offences against the Trademark Act (1994) and four offences against the Consumer Protection Act (1987). Hasson received a 27-month sentence and Salah was handed a 30-month prison sentence.
23 February 2017
23.02.17 - The cigarettes found were a mixture of counterfeit products and foreign products for which the UK duty hadn't been paid. Foreign brands Minx and MZ were found, as well as fake Richmond, Royals and Mayfair cigarettes.
17 February 2017
17.02.17 - A shop owner and two assistants have received suspended prison sentences after illegal tobacco potentially worth thousands of pounds was discovered at an off-licence.
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