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Long Eaton shopkeeper & worker jailed for selling counterfeit tobacco

02 July 2015

02.07.15 - Derbyshire County Council's trading standards team brought the successful prosecutions following raids on two Long Eaton shops – Best Shop in High Street and Family Stores in Tamworth Road.

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Great Yarmouth shop worker jailed for selling counterfeit tobacco

29 June 2015

29.06.15 - Ghazi Ali, 35, was found by Norfolk Trading Standards officers to be selling the tobacco at the International Food Store in St Peter's Road, Great Yarmouth.

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Counterfeit tobacco seller ordered to pay £1,700

29 June 2015

29.06.15 - A SHOP worker taken to court for selling counterfeit tobacco at her store has been ordered to pay more than £1,700 in fines and costs. Amanda Woodward, 49, admitted having 40 fake Golden Virginia and Amber Leaf pouches and 58 counterfeit packs of Imperial Tobacco Superkings at Keepers Feeds in Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon.

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Bradford shop prosecuted for selling counterfeit tobacco

27 June 2015

29.06.15 - A BRADFORD shopkeeper has been prosecuted for a second time for selling illegal cigarettes and counterfeit tobacco.

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Counterfeit cigarettes found at bargain store after trading standards raid

27 June 2015

27.06.15 - A SHOP owner and his manager have been sentenced after Trading Standards officers raided the store and discovered hundreds of counterfeit cigarettes. Mohammed Ali Anwar, 42, and Mubarak Patel, 31, from Blackburn, pleaded guilty to counterfeit offences after officers discovered the cigarettes stashed away on high shelves to avoid detection by sniffer dogs.

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14,000 counterfeit cigarettes seized in council swoop

25 June 2015

25.06.15 - Stoke-on-Trent City Council officers have seized 14,000 counterfeit cigarettes and 5kg of hand-rolling tobacco in a joint operation with Staffordshire Police.

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Thousands of counterfeit cigarettes seized

24 June 2015

24.06.15 - COUNTERFEIT cigarettes and tobacco worth more than £7,000 were seized from nine shops in Hanley, Tunstall and Cobridge.

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West Yorkshire Trading Standards seizures include counterfeit cigarettes & tobacco

22 June 2015

22.06.15 - Trading Standards officers have been carrying out raids across West Yorkshire amid reports that traders have been selling illegal tobacco and supplying to under age children.

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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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