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16 November 2015
16.11.15 - West Yorkshire Trading Standards teamed up with police to target the sale of counterfeit and tax-dodging tobacco products at retailers in Harehills and Armley.
13 November 2015
13.11.15 - Using sniffer dogs they found goods hidden behind false walls, in secret compartments and kitchen units and at the back of shelves behind the counter.
08 November 2015
08.11.15 - Officers searched four properties and seized machinery deemed capable of filling 150 packets of counterfeit cigarettes per minute, potentially evading approximately £1m in duty per day.
05 November 2015
05.11.15 - During this week's crackdown, the team of investigators snapped up about 58 packets of cigarettes and 12 pouches of tobacco.
04 November 2015
04.11.15 - The Fake Shop contains examples of counterfeit and even dangerous products.
03 November 2015
03.11.15 - Trading standards officers were also sold counterfeit packets of Mayfair cigarettes from Meale's employees, Andrew Allison, 47, of Teesdale Walk, Shildon, and his son Kyle Allison, 25, of Redworth Road, Shildon, when the van was parked outside Oakley Cross School, West Auckland, in January.
28 October 2015
28.10.15 - Councillor Angela Harrison, chair of the Licensing Committee, said: "For any traders breaking the law we will find you and deal with you. Don't run the risk of losing your licence and going out of business".
27 October 2015
27.10.15 - The counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco were hidden behind false panels and flooring at the Polish Food Store on Yorkshire Street and Eastern Europe Food Store in Union Street.
19 October 2015
19.10.15 - Although sales are carried out by small-time operators, the trade is backed by serious organised crime channelling huge consignments of illicit products through Scots ports – funding other types of serious crime with the profits.
19 October 2015
19.10.15 - “It was the third seizure in a 30-month period,†Ms Churm said, “after illicit goods were seized in November 2012 and January 2013.â€
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