Drugs, makeup and 200,000 illegal cigarettes seized from shops and cars in Walsall.

More than 200,000 illegal cigarettes, prescription drugs and cosmetics have been seized during an operation in Walsall.
Around 27kg of hand-rolling tobacco was also secured during the operation, which saw the illicit items being taken from shops and vehicles across the borough.
Walsall Council’s Trading Standards team didn’t disclose the location of the seizures, which took place on Thursday, January 16.
Photos, which were shared by the team, shows dozens of packets of cigarettes placed in a brown box.
A spokesman said: “Today taking illegal tobacco from shops and vehicles in the borough. 220,000 cigs and 27Kg tobacco seized, along with illegal toys, prescription drugs and cosmetics! Teamwork.”
The news comes less than 24 hours after a Wolverhampton shop owner who sold and stashed around £200,000-worth of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes behind secret compartments was jailed.
Zemnako Azad Salih, who ran Sam Euro Style in Newhampton Road West, was handed the 28-month custodial sentence following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday, January 15.

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