Thousands of pounds worth of illegal cigarettes seized from store in Derbyshire town

Yesterday, the Shirebrook Safer Neighbourhood Team reported that Trading Standards visited a shop in the town – seizing 6,000 cigarettes and 1kg of tobacco.

In a Facebook post, an SNT spokesperson said: “All of these items were illegal with a mixture of counterfeit, non-duty paid and incorrectly labelled products. If these were legal they would have had a retail price of over £4,000.

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“The male in the shop, who was not allowed to work in the shop, was ejected from the premises. Trading Standards are continuing with their investigations.”