fake richmond cigarettes Man jailed after Gloucestershire's biggest illegal cigarette haul found CLESEN Fake Cigarettes,3.25 Inch Fake

Information from the public helps them identify where illegal tobacco is being sold and take action against those involved

The tobacco products were ordered to be forfeited and destroyed

In addition, fake products have been found to contain high levels of contaminants eg up to six times the level of lead and three times the level of arsenic found in ordinary cigarettes Cost: tobacco smuggling costs the government more than 2.5 billion a year in lost revenue

Since May 2017, plain packaging regulations require all cigarettes to be sold in standardised olive green packaging with no branding other than the brand name in a standard plain typeface, along with large pictorial health warnings

Fake or "bootlegged" tobacco products are sold on the black market to avoid paying duty, the Local Government Association (LGA) said

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