Coventry man sentenced for role in £600k illegal tobacco smuggling gang
A Coventry gang member has been sentenced for his role in an illegal tobacco smuggling ring. The group had managed to make £600,000 in tax fraud by smuggling and selling tobacco from two bases before their scheme was bust by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). They manufactured counterfeit hand-rolling tobacco from imported raw tobacco leaf at a farm in Leighton Buzzard.
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-man-sentenced-role-600k-11343008
Related Posts
Spain claims Gibraltar derives £150m from tobacco smuggling
Nearly a third of Gibraltar's income is derived from tobacco smuggling, according...
Busted: 20 factories selling counterfeit masks, sanitisers in UAE
Dubai: The coronavirus pandemic has come as a windfall for counterfeiters! The...
Man tried to sell £10,000 of fake goods from his car in A90 lay-by
A man has been fined after he was caught trying to sell almost £10,000 worth of...
China takes down ring peddling fake Dow sealants
Silicone sealantChina has made a string of arrests in a counterfeiting crackdown...