Northumbria Police have seized more than £200,000 worth of cigarettes in a crackdown on the supply of illegal, counterfeit goods.
Last week, the Force’s Neighbourhood Policing Teams in Byker and Benwell recovered a total of 330,000 suspected illegal cigarettes, 132kgs of hand rolling tobacco and a quantity of cash from three separate premises.
On Thursday, a haul of 180,000 cigarettes were seized after vigilant officers patrolling Shields Road, Byker saw suspicious behaviour near one of the shops.
