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North Somerset TS has removed more than £10,000 of illegal products from sale
Posted 29 August 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|South West
UPDATES: A coordinated operation involving Trading Standards, police, immigration officers and a specialist tobacco detection dog removed around £10,000 of illicit tobacco from circulation as part of wider action against illegal tobacco and vape sales in North Somerset.
A multi-agency operation by North Somerset Council Trading Standards, Avon and Somerset Police and the Home Office Immigration Service has resulted in the seizure of an estimated £10,000 worth of illicit tobacco.
Officers visited several premises in Weston-super-Mare during a coordinated week of action last week (18-24 August) in an effort to disrupt the sale of illegal tobacco and v...
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