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** 1 December 2020
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** UK
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** West Yorkshire: Illegal tobacco seized in Featherstone shop (#1)
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** North West: Illegal tobacco worth £8,000 seized in Widnes (#2)
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** International
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** Belgium: Brussels to limit access, ban eating and smoking in Grand-Place (#3)
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** UK
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** Police in West Yorkshire have seized a large quantity of illegal cigarettes after raiding a shop in Featherstone. Officers from the Normanton & Featherstone Neighbourhood Policing Team and West Yorkshire Trading Standards searched a retail premises on Station Lane, Featherstone. Enquiries also identified further illegal tobacco at a nearby residency, police confirmed.
West Yorkshire Police – Wakefield North East and Rural team said: “We have listened to community concerns about the impact the sale of illegal tobacco has on local employment. If you have further information about the sale of such products you can report this to Crimestoppers.”
Source: Yorkshire Evening Post, 30 November 2020
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** Trading Standards officers have seized 14,000 counterfeit cigarettes and 3kg of illegal tobacco from a shop in Widnes, Cheshire. Halton Borough Council said officers raided the premises in mid-November, uncovering a haul estimated to be worth around £8,000.
A Halton Trading Standards spokesman said: “The case is the subject of an ongoing investigation and at this stage, there is minimal information we can divulge. Suffice to say the targeted operation was a result of the excellent partnership work between Trading Standards and police officers from Widnes Local Policing Unit. It highlights how agencies with common goals can work together to achieve results. In this case, to remove a significant amount of counterfeit and illicit tobacco from the marketplace, whilst disrupting the illegal gains obtained by criminals.”
Source: In Your Area, 1 December 2020
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** International
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** Officials in the City of Brussels will limit access and ban eating, drinking, and smoking in the central Grand-Place after residents packed the main square during the set-up of holiday decorations over the weekend.
Local authorities said that smoking, drinking, or eating would be banned in the square to ensure that visitors are always wearing a face mask.
Source: The Brussels Times, 1 December 2020
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