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Staffordshire TS has sniffed out a large haul of illicit cigarettes, tobacco and vapes
Posted 27 October 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|West Midlands
UPDATES: Operation CeCe enforcement activity in Staffordshire uncovered thousands of illicit cigarettes, large quantities of illegal tobacco and hundreds of unlawful vapes, demonstrating the continuing focus on disrupting the illegal tobacco market.
Staffordshire Trading Standards has seized more than 16,000 illicit cigarettes, 7.4kg of illicit tobacco and 186 illegal vapes in a series of Operation CeCe-supported investigations.
With assistance from specialist tobacco detection dogs supplied by BWY Canine, Officers visited three premises in Stafford and Stone on 24 October and discovered stashes of the illicit goods concealed in soph...
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