140,000 cigarettes and 50kg tobacco seized in West Yorkshire

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West Yorkshire Joint services has announced the seizure of almost 140,000 cigarettes and 50 kg of hand rolling tobacco following a multi-agency operation targeting dealers of cheap and illicit tobacco. The total value of goods seized is over £95,000; an additional £20,000 in cash was seized, believed to be proceeds of crime, and almost £30,000 worth of non-duty paid alcohol was seized by HMRC. In total, the operation disrupted almost £150,000 worth of criminality, with legal proceedings, POCA investigations, alcohol license reviews and evictions forthcoming.