
Man jailed after trading illegal tobacco
A man from Oswaldtwistle has been jailed for evading more than £2 million in taxes by trading in illegal tobacco.
49-year-old Lee Foster, of Highfield Close, was caught by HM Revenue and Customs buying illegal cigarettes and tobacco to sell on during a surveillance operation in 2014.
He was arrested at Manchester Airport just before Christmas as he flew home from a holiday in Tenerife. Today he was jailed for four years and nine months for his part in a £16.5 million Excise Duty fraud that centred on a criminal network based in Blackburn.
Detailed records kept by the gang leader, Iqbal Haji, of Blackburn, mention Foster 183 times buying illegal tobacco products to sell on during a four-year period. Sandra Smith, Assistant Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC.
https://www.2br.co.uk/news/local-news/2315010/man-jailed-after-trading-illegal-tobacco/
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