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Officers seize 21,300 illegal cigarettes in city raids

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Illegal cigarettes worth about £8,000 were seized by trading standards officers in a series of planned raids on eight retail premises across in the Erdington district today (15 February 2016). Officers targeted shops and off licences in north Birmingham as part of a continued crackdown on the sale of illicit tobacco – products which have […]

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Shopkeeper sentenced for selling illicit tobacco

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A Birmingham trader who was found to be selling illicit tobacco has been given an eight-month suspended jail sentence at Birmingham Crown Court today (20 October). Pritpal Singh Khurana, 36, of M&S News, 62-64 Herrick Road, Saltley, pleaded guilty to 10 offences under the Consumer Protection Act 1987, Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, […]

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Man sentenced for selling devices enabling illegal games to be played

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A Birmingham man has today (May 22) been sentenced by magistrates for selling devices enabling Nintendo DS consoles to play downloaded counterfeit computer games. Graham Gibbs, 46, of Coventry Road, has been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 24 months, and ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work after admitting 11 […]

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