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A Dagenham shop and its owner have been ordered to pay more than £5,000
Posted 07 January 2025 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Counterfeit Goods|London
UPDATES: Barking and Dagenham Trading Standards secured fines and costs of more than £5,000 after counterfeit tobacco was found at a Dagenham shop during an Operation CeCe inspection. The case reinforces the public health and consumer protection risks posed by illicit tobacco sales.
A shop and its owner have been ordered to pay more than £5,000 after being found guilty of selling illicit tobacco products in an investigation by Barking and Dagenham Council Trading Standards.
When Officers visited Ottoman Food & Wine on Reede Road, Dagenham in December 2023 accompanied by specialist tobacco detection dogs, they found counterfeit versions of established tob...
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