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An illegal haul of tobacco was uncovered during a raid on an Oldham shop
Posted 24 April 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Retail|North West
UPDATES: The former director of a retailer in Oldham has been sentenced to a 12-month community order with a requirement that he completes 100 hours of unpaid work after trading standards officers and a sniffer dog
The former director of a retailer in Oldham has been sentenced to a 12-month community order with a requirement that he completes 100 hours of unpaid work after trading standards officers and a sniffer dog found more than 11,720 cigarettes and 3.2kg of hand rolling tobacco – with an estimated street value of £2,920 – hidden around his premises.
In July 2018 officers from Oldham Counc...
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