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Latest News - Cigarettes & tobacco

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Atherstone sweet shop worker fined for selling counterfeit cigarettes

16 February 2017

16.02.17 - Morad Mohmad Ahmed (39) was working at Congraves Sweets and Treats, in Long Street, when it was raided by Trading Standards last March. Nuneaton Magistrates' Court heard officials found packets of fake Golden Virginia tobacco, along with fake versions of Richmond cigarettes from a secret holdall in the shop.

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Revenue officers and gardaí seize almost €12k of cigarettes and counterfeit vodka

14 February 2017

14.02.17 - Approximately 20,000 cigarettes and 24 litres of counterfeit vodka were being transported at the time of the seizure.

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Husband & wife fined for selling counterfeit cigarettes

13 February 2017

13.02.17 - Investigators caught two Stoke-on-Trent shops selling counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco during a targeted operation. They swooped on Milano Mini Market, in Boughey Road, Shelton, and Star Mini Market, in Broad Street, Hanley, and seized the illicit goods.

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Raids by Walsall Council find 1000s counterfeit cigarettes

10 February 2017

10.02.17 - Mohamad Hsin, aged 44, from Caldmore Green, is on trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court charged with conspiracy to sell counterfeit goods, including rolling tobacco and cigarettes.

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Counterfeit tobacco seized in raid worth £1000s

09 February 2017

09.02.17 - In the latest raid, officers from trading standards, police and HM Revenue and Customs targeted a central Grays shop and seized 2,000 cigarettes and 64kg of tobacco with an estimated value of £20,000.

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Counterfeit tobacco crime stubbed out!

30 January 2017

30.01.17 - Trading Standards officers and West Yorkshire Police with the help of sniffer dogs from Wagtails UK carried out raids of 4 premises across Leeds as part of Operation Key on Wednesday 25th January 2017.

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E-cigarette charger bought from market exploded and nearly set house on fire

30 January 2017

30.01.17 - Avoid buying counterfeit or substandard goods.

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The hunt for counterfeit tobacco in the East Midlands

30 January 2017

30.01.17 - The East Midlands is one of the worst regions in the UK for the sale of counterfeit tobacco.

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‘Most Wanted' counterfeit tobacco fugitive brought back to face justice

26 January 2017

26.01.17 - The gang were in the process of setting up an illegal counterfeit tobacco factory, which would have netted them many millions of pounds in unpaid duty, when they were raided.

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Sentenced for handling & selling more than £427K worth of smuggled & counterfeit tobacco

25 January 2017

25.01.17 - Tahar Mohammed, 38, and shopkeeper Feryad Mohammed Abdul- Kadir, 33 admitted handling and selling more than £427,000 worth of smuggled and counterfeit tobacco. Two other men, who worked in the shop on Commercial Road in Pill, were also sentenced for their part in the fraud

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ACG represents more than 3,000 brands affected by this influx of fakes into the UK and delivers an international network of information, advice and contacts on all aspects of IP protection. Working with Government and law enforcement agencies since 1980, ACG is focused on providing an effective and sustained response to counterfeiting.

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