Intel leads to £10k illegal tobacco haul

Slough Borough Council’s trading standards team, acting on information from the community, removed a large stash of illegal cigarettes and tobacco from a rear store cupboard at the premises during checks on Tuesday 10 March.
The products broke the law by not carrying pictorial and English health warnings – suggesting they were smuggled into the country.
The team also seized more than 100 bottles of suspected counterfeit vodka and some out-of-date food, both of which could have been harmful to consumers.
An investigation has been launched and the store owner could be prosecuted.
The trading standards team, who were joined by licensing officers and sniffer dogs, visited six shops across the borough during the day-long operation but no other illegal products were found.