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Illegal cigarettes, tobacco and vapes were found concealed in a shop in Huddersfield
Posted 16 January 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|Yorkshire and the Humber
UPDATES: Trading Standards and police uncovered concealed illegal tobacco, cigarettes and vapes hidden behind an electronically controlled hatch in a Huddersfield shop, continuing a wider crackdown on organised criminal networks using sophisticated hiding places.
Officers from West Yorkshire Trading Standards have found illegal tobacco worth thousands of pounds concealed behind an electronically controlled hatch in a store in Huddersfield.
Investigations are ongoing after a total of 144 packets of cigarettes were found as well as 231 illegal vapes and a number of large packets of rolling tobacco. Officers from West Yorkshire Police insisted in the...
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