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Secret tunnel and makeshift chute in Kent stores lead to huge illicit tobacco haul

Kent Police has uncovered a secret tunnel in a store basement and a makeshift chute in another during a two-day, multi-agency operation to tackle the sale ....

James Beautridge , Gravesham Council , Kent Community Safety Unit , Home Office Immigration Enforcement , Kent Trading Standards , Community Safety Unit , North Kent ,

Dogs from B.W.Y Canine in Llandissilio sniff out illegal cigarettes

A two-day operation which saw hundreds of thousands of illegal cigarettes and tobacco seized wouldn’t have happened without two crime-fighting… ....

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Kent: Secret tunnel hiding 148,000 illegal cigarettes found | UK News

A total of 242,500 cigarettes and 1,516 pouches of tobacco were seized in the operation in Gravesend, Kent - with a secret tunnel uncovered. ....

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Springer spaniels sniff out thousands of illegal cigarettes hidden in Gravesend shops and secret tunnel

Hundreds of thousands of illegal cigarettes have been uncovered in a police raid of various town shops with the help of sniffer dogs. ....

James Beautridge , Kent Police , Home Office Immigration Enforcement , Kent Trading Standards , North Kent ,

Vaping: Trading standards detect rise in counterfeit vapes at Channel ports

More than 300,000 counterfeit vapes are seized during December, Kent Trading Standards says. ....

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