LoginLancs TS hits streets in 'day of action'
Officers joined forces with other agencies to clamp down on illegal cigarettes
Posted 25 July 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Uncategorized|North West
UPDATES: Lancashire Trading Standards joined a multi-agency Preston day of action under Operation Centurion, seizing counterfeit cigarettes, illicit tobacco, non-duty paid alcohol, prescription-only medicines and non-compliant vapes as part of wider efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour and protect public health.
Lancashire Trading Standards has seized more than 20,000 counterfeit cigarettes, 32 bottles of suspected non-duty paid alcohol and 15 packs of prescription-only medicines in Preston as part of a multi-agency crackdown on anti-social behaviour in the county.
As part of Operation Centurion – a multi-agency initiative to bolster law enforcement in Lancashire, Trading Standards Officers teame...
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