fake richmond cigarettes Warning to city shop owners as thousands of dangerous counterfeit seized in raids Stark warning given to those

Cigarettes worth over 1m have been seized during a search operation in Castlebar, Co Mayo

Khalid was handed a three-and-a-half-year sentence

Campbell pleaded guilty to three offences contrary to the Trade Marks Act 1994 for possessing counterfeit cigarettes in the course of business with a view to selling them and a further offence contrary to the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 for possessing for supply tobacco products without the required health warnings

Some of these shoppers are increasingly moving into roll-your-own cigarettes, but as a result, they tend to buy less frequently

The jury did not buy it for one minute." Richard Paris, assistant director in HMRCs Fraud Investigation Service, said: This gang was large, organised, sophisticated and determined to break the law