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Officers discovered concealed stashes of illegal tobacco and vapes during raids last month
Posted 03 July 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|London
UPDATES: Intelligence-led operations across Newham uncovered significant quantities of illicit tobacco, oversized vapes and other illegal products, highlighting the continuing value of partnership working in disrupting organised illicit trade.
<p class="summary">Officers from Newham Trading Standards have seized more than £70,000 worth of illegal tobacco and vapes as part of the HMRC-funded Operation CeCe initiative.</p> <p class="summary">Over the weekend of 15-16 June, Officers visited 15 businesses in the London borough and found illegal goods at nine of them, seizing 60,000 cigarettes, ...
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