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Latest News - Cigarettes & tobacco

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Man in court over sale of thousands of counterfeit cigarettes

13 March 2019

Dilshad Suleman, 36, has been charged with a total of 14 offences concerning the sale of counterfeit tobacco in Great Yarmouth on September 11 2017.

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Two Dudley shops closed for selling counterfeit tobacco

13 March 2019

The leaseholder of Dudley Stores, also based on Dudley High Street, was found guilty of five offences involving the sale of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco.

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Counterfeit tobacco found by trading standards

13 March 2019

The council's Trading Standards Service, working with Dyfed Powys Police and B.W.Y. Canine, visited a Newtown address last Friday (March 8) after acting on intelligence and found a quantity of counterfeit tobacco that was concealed to prevent detection.

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Illegal tobacco factory discovered in Wolverhampton

12 March 2019

It came as part of a joint investigation with HMRC to discover the tobacco, which was found in a unit on the PDH Industrial Estate, on Neachells Lane, in Wednesfield.

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Telford man prosecuted for counterfeit tobacco offences

04 March 2019

On two occasions in July 2018 trading standards officers seized a variety of counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes and tobacco at The Local on Whitchurch High Street.

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Counterfeit tobacco worth £310,000 found in 35 bin bags in home near Norwich

04 March 2019

The court heard members of the public had reported suspicious activity - and when the raid team swooped, they found the 49-year-old with a manufacturing set-up of tobacco, counterfeit plastic tobacco pouches and other equipment used in the production of illegal tobacco.

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Named and shamed - the Oxford shop selling 'dangerous' fake cigarettes

26 February 2019

Fake cigarettes operation in Oxford busted in undercover sting

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How counterfeit cigarettes containing pesticides and arsenic make it to our streets

25 February 2019

Almost 45 billion fake cigarettes, which can contain arsenic, pesticides and rat poison, are smoked in the UK each year. Oliver Bennett speaks to the man smoking out the smugglers...

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5,000 illegal cigs found by police in raid

22 February 2019

TRADING Standards officers seized more than 5,000 illegal cigarettes and 70 packets of hand-rolling tobacco because they were either counterfeit or illicit after a raid on a retail premises in Worcester.

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Around 20 shops selling counterfeit tobacco & alcohol in Kent.

21 February 2019

Trading Standards believe they are supplying illegal products that are dangerous to the consumer.

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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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