Man admitts raft of illegal tobacco, alcohol and fake DVD offences in Cornwall
A man has been fined and handed a suspended sentance over fake Muppets movies, illegal tobacco and booze. Ian James Whipp, 59 of Minorca Lane, Bugle Cornwall, was sentenced on Friday 6 March in relation to a total of nine offences covering the sale of illegal tobacco, counterfeit DVD’s and the unlicensed sale of alcohol.Whipp, who pleaded guilty, had been caught in possession of 80 pouches of Cutters Choice hand rolling tobacco, which had been illegally imported for sale into the UK and 12 packets of PЭCT (pronounced Fest) a brand produced exclusively for the illicit market.
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