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Staffordshire Trading Standards seized more than £9,000 worth of illegal tobacco in raids
Posted 27 October 2021 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|West Midlands
UPDATES: A Staffordshire operation involving specialist search dog Cooper uncovered thousands of illegal cigarettes and kilograms of hand-rolling tobacco, highlighting the continuing success of Operation CeCe in tackling the illicit tobacco trade.
A specially trained search dog has helped lead officers from Staffordshire County Council’s Trading Standards service to seizures of illegal tobacco. Cooper from BWY Canine assisted in raids at six independent retail premises in Stafford and Cannock. Some 36,720 illegal cigarettes and 14.55kg of illegal hand rolling tobacco with a street value of around £9,000 were seized.
The raids ...
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