
18 people accused of £1m cigarette smuggling racket appear in court
EIGHTEEN people appeared in court today over what prosecutors say was a huge-scale evasion of duty on cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco.It is alleged some of the team of people ran the plot to bring the contraband goods into the region while others acted as distributors.The tobacco – which would have had £1m duty payable – was delivered to various addresses via post and courier services from overseas.
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