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Staffordshire County Council Seizes Over £50,000 Illegal Tobacco Products

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Apr.26.2024
Staffordshire County Council Seizes Over £50,000 Illegal Tobacco Products
Staffordshire County Council officials seize over £50,000 worth of illegal tobacco products in recent raid, including 71,000 cigarettes.

According to a report from Expressandstar on April 26th, officers from the Trading Standards department of Staffordshire County Council in England recently confiscated illegal tobacco products with a retail value exceeding £50,000 during a search operation.

 

In this operation, the department seized over 71,000 illegal cigarettes and 50 kilograms of hand-rolled tobacco.

 

References:
[1] £50,000 haul of illegal cigarettes and tobacco seized during raid at Staffordshire storage unit
Also Read:
[1] Large-scale Illicit Tobacco and E-cigarette Seizure in Canterbury
[2] Arrest Made in Lincolnshire for Selling Illegal E-Cigarettes to Minors
[3] LGA: Future of Disposables and Potential Alternatives
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