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TSOs and police seized illicit cigarettes and tobacco as part of Operation CeCe
Posted 13 February 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|East of England
UPDATES: North East Lincolnshire Trading Standards and Humberside Police have seized illegal cigarettes, tobacco, shisha and disposable vapes from five businesses in Grimsby and Cleethorpes. The Operation CeCe raids removed products worth tens of thousands of pounds and continued a local enforcement drive against illicit tobacco sales.
A bumper haul of illicit cigarettes, tobacco and vapes has been seized from businesses in Grimsby and Cleethorpes as part of a multi-agency operation by North East Lincolnshire Trading Standards and Humberside Police.
A total of 172,000 illegal cigarettes, 79.25kg of tobacco, 1.15kg of shisha and 1,662 disposable vapes were seized during raids of five businesses on 19 January. Officers fr...
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