A large haul of illicit cigarettes and tobacco has been seized from a shop in Preston
.Trading Standards officers from Lancashire County Council found more than 1,400 packs of the illegal products – which would be worth over £18,000 if sold as genuine – in three concealed compartments on Tuesday 17 January.
Around £10,000 in cash, hidden in a concealed compartment and suspected to be the proceeds of crime, was also seized.The seizures followed recent intelligence received from the public, together with complaints about sales received from other enforcement agencies.County Councillor Michael Green, cabinet member for health and wellbeing at Lancashire County Council, said: “These traders had gone to considerable lengths to hide their haul of illicit and counterfeit tobacco.
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