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Illicit tobacco

Weymouth shop closed illegal tobacco

Image from Dorset Council

Weymouth convenience store shut down after repeated illicit tobacco sales

Pooja Shrivastava

Feb 28, 2026

illicit vapes in Liverpool store

Liverpool shop shut for third time over illicit vape and tobacco sales

17 February

Dudley Illicit Tobacco Network

Eight-year Trading Standards probe brings down Dudley's illicit tobacco network

Pooja Shrivastava

19 January

councils illegal tobacco shop closures UK

Multiple shop closures, prosecutions, large-scale seizures as councils crack down on illegal tobacco

Pooja Shrivastava

24 December 2025

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Photo: Staffordshire County Council

£400,000 worth of illegal tobacco seized in Staffordshire this year

Dec 17, 2025

Trading Standards illicit tobacco crackdown UK

Trading Standards step up crackdown on illicit tobacco sales across England

Pooja Shrivastava

Oct 31, 2025

lllicit tobacco trade: £200,000 worth of illegal cigarettes, vapes seized in Preston

lllicit tobacco trade: £200,000 worth of illegal cigarettes, vapes seized in Preston

Pooja Shrivastava

Aug 30, 2025

shop closed for selling illegal cigarettes

County Durham stores ordered to remain closed over illicit tobacco

Pooja Shrivastava

Aug 02, 2025

Illegal tobacco, vapes and fake goods worth £6.5m seized in Newport last year

Illegal tobacco, vapes and fake goods worth £6.5m seized in Newport last year

Jul 20, 2025

Enforcement officers seizing counterfeit cigarettes and vapes from Hartlepool shops

Illegal tobacco products and vapes seized in Hartlepool

Jul 20, 2025

Booze Zone

Loughborough c-store manager jailed for selling illicit tobacco

Pooja Shrivastava

Jul 12, 2025

Court order notice on Exmouth shop closed for illegal tobacco and criminal activity

Crackdown on illicit tobacco: Shops shut down in Exmouth, Convictions in Portsmouth

Pooja Shrivastava

Jul 02, 2025

Police and council seal a shop in Bexley caught selling counterfeit tobacco and vapes

Four Bexley shops busted for illicit tobacco and vapes, hit with closure orders

Jun 06, 2025

SGF warns black market vape sales threat on Scottish convenience stores' future

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Black market trade ‘one of the biggest threats’ to community shops in Scotland

Pooja Shrivastava

Jun 02, 2025

Sandwell Council illegal tobacco

Sandwell Council cracks down on illegal tobacco, vape sales

Pooja Shrivastava

May 07, 2025

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