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06 May 2016
06.05.16 - ALMOST 6,000 packs of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco worth £28,000 have been seized in raids in Burnley. The swoop by Lancashire County Council Trading Standards officers, is the sixth so far this year and has been hailed by borough council leader, Cllr Mark Townsend as good news for health, the taxpayer and small shopkeepers.
28 April 2016
28.04.16 - Police have urged local smokers to be on their guard after seizing £10,000-worth of what are believed to be counterfeit cigarettes from a car in Atherstone.
26 April 2016
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26 April 2016
26.04.16 - Ranzder Rasoul, 29, of Cavendish Place, admitted 18 charges connected with the sale of illegal cigarettes when he appeared at Brighton Magistrates' Court last week.
19 April 2016
19.04.16 - Leeds Crown Court heard on three occasions trading standards officers discovered counterfeit products on which duty had not been paid during visits to Global Groceries in Bradford Road in 2014.
18 April 2016
19.04.16 - Following this seizure, samples of some of the seized tobacco and cigarettes were sent for testing and found to be counterfeit.
17 April 2016
17.04.16 - Suspected firearm and illegal worker also found during two days of action.
15 April 2016
15.04.16 - Counterfeit cigarettes, which are made to look like a genuine product, are unregulated and can be stuffed full of dangerous substances including arsenic, rat droppings and recycled dog ends.
02 April 2016
02.04.16 - York magistrates sitting in Leeds heard that cigarettes sold at Kubus Mini Market in Front Street, Acomb, did not have the mandatory health warnings in English. They also heard that owner Halo Dilshad Rashid had a stash of counterfeit tobacco under the counter which he sold at a discount price.
01 April 2016
01.04.16 - Karzan Mahmood was running International Supermarket, in Cobridge, when it was raided by Trading Standards last June.
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