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Officers from Staffordshire TS have removed thousands of illegal products from sale
Posted 03 January 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|West Midlands
UPDATES: Staffordshire Trading Standards has intensified its crackdown on illegal tobacco and oversized vapes through national enforcement operations, with fresh seizures adding to a growing haul of illicit products removed from local businesses.
Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards Officers have seized more than £5,000 worth of illegal vapes and cigarettes from two businesses in Tamworth as part of ongoing work to stub out illicit smoking products in the county.
Assisted by tobacco detection dog Griff from BWY Canine, Officers seized a total of 7,419 cigarettes, 2.1 kg of hand-rolling tobacco and 79 vapes with a ca...
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