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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
30 January 2017
30.01.17 - Avoid buying counterfeit or substandard goods.
30 January 2017
30.01.17 - The East Midlands is one of the worst regions in the UK for the sale of counterfeit tobacco.
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.
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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