100,000 Illegal Cigarettes and Tobacco Worth ￡47,000 Seized in Raids

Source from:  Bradford Telegraph 06/25/2015

ILLICIT tobacco has been seized in raids across Bradford and Calderdale, thanks to public tip-offs.

During the past month, officers from trading standards gathered almost 100,000 cigarettes and 37kg of hand-rolling tobacco, worth more than ￡40,000, from retailers in operations that also targeted premises in Leeds, Kirklees and Wakefield.

The seizures included counterfeit, non-duty paid and incorrectly-labelled cigarettes and tobacco. Since April 2014, West Yorkshire Trading Standards has seized almost 700,000 cigarettes and 300kg of hand-rolling tobacco.