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North Northamptonshire Trading Standards found illicit products in a self storage unit
Posted 26 August 2025 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|East Midlands
UPDATES: A joint operation between North Northamptonshire Trading Standards and local police has removed illicit tobacco worth an estimated £258,000 from circulation after intelligence led officers to a self-storage unit in Kettering. The case highlights the continuing links between illicit tobacco, organised crime and the vital role community intelligence plays in disrupting criminal activity.
North Northamptonshire Trading Standards Officers have seized illicit tobacco worth an estimated £258,000 from a self storage unit in Kettering as part of a joint enforcement operation with Kettering Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT).
The investigation, which stemmed from intelligence about large amounts of tobacco being stored at the facility, resulted in a total of 708 packs of han...
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