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Lincolnshire Trading Standards found illegal cigarettes hidden on a remote-controlled shelf
Posted 21 March 2022 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|East of England
UPDATES: Trading standards officers uncovered more than 5,000 illicit cigarettes hidden above a shop ceiling inside a sophisticated remote-controlled concealment. The discovery illustrates the increasingly elaborate methods used to evade enforcement and the continuing fight against illegal tobacco sales.
Officers from Lincolnshire Trading Standards have discovered a stash of illicit tobacco products hidden on an elaborate remote-controlled shelf concealed above a light in a shop in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Lincolnshire Police’s Licensing Team accompanied Trading Standards Officers on a visit to a retail premises in the town following suspicions about the sale of illicit cigarettes and alcoho...
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