
Doncaster trading standards officers seize 85,000 counterfeit cigarettes in black market clamp down
More than 85,000 fake cigarettes – plus 40kg of illicit rolling tobacco – have been seized in Doncaster in less than a year.Trading Standards officers found the counterfeit smoking materials using dogs, who sniffed out some of the haul stashed behind secret doors and in hidden panels.The illicit products discovered since April last year were worth an estimated £25,000.
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