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A man and woman in Lincolnshire stored massive quantities of illicit tobacco
Posted 04 August 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|East of England
UPDATES: Two offenders have been sentenced after officers uncovered hundreds of thousands of illegal cigarettes and large quantities of illicit tobacco, exposing the scale of an operation worth hundreds of thousands of pounds in lost duty.
A man and woman who stored hundreds of thousands of illegal cigarettes have pleaded guilty to offences under the Trade Marks Act following a prosecution by North East Lincolnshire Trading Standards.
Trading Standards Officers, supported by Humberside Police, executed a search warrant at a property in Exmoor Close, Healing, on 21 November 2021, following reports that illegal tobacco was be...
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