Illicit tobacco products worth more than £6,000 have been seized from four shops in North Tyneside.
In a joint operation between North Tyneside Council’s Trading Standards team and Northumbria Police this month, 8,440 cigarette packets and over 5kg of rolling tobacco have been seized. The items, worth an estimated £6,500, were a mixture of products that were counterfeit or had no duty paid.
Based on intelligence received, seven stores in the borough were visited on Thursday May 12. Seizures were made at four stores in the Howdon and Wallsend areas.
