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£11,000 of illegal tobacco seized


A businessman has been found guilty of selling illegal tobacco from a shop in Salford

Richard Young

Posted 21 December 2021 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Counterfeit Goods|North West


UPDATES: A shopkeeper who continued to sell illegal and counterfeit tobacco products after his premises were raided by trading standards has been fined. Officers from Salford City Council Trading Standards found cigarettes and...

A shopkeeper who continued to sell illegal and counterfeit tobacco products after his premises were raided by trading standards has been fined.

Officers from Salford City Council Trading Standards found cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco hidden in a basement and back room at Broughton Convenience Store Ltd when they carried out an inspection on 19 November 2019. When they returned nine d...

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