LoginCounterfeit tobacco seller sentenced
The owner of a string of limited companies set up to sell illicit tobacco has been jailed
Posted 04 March 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|Wales
UPDATES: A long-running Caerphilly Trading Standards investigation into counterfeit tobacco sales has resulted in a prison sentence, exposing the sophisticated methods used to conceal an illegal operation.
A shop owner has been jailed for 18 months for selling counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco following a complex and long-running investigation by Caerphilly County Borough Council Trading Standards.
Between 2018 and 2019 Officers visited Caerphilly Market, operating from 65 Cardiff Road in Caerphilly town centre, and seized small amounts of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco. The business a...
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