WITH two high-profile cases exposing the big problem of fake and illegal cigarettes being sold in the county, LISA JONES spoke to a Trading Standards officer about they are cracking down on the black market.
IT'S a scam carried out by a number of shopkeepers in order to cash in on the black market in fake and illegal cigarettes.
But the 'under the counter' sale of these cigarettes not only deprives the Treasury of funds, it leaves the purchaser with a considerably more toxic type of tobacco than they might imagine.
Rob Cardew, enforcement officer for Gloucestershire County Council, is part of a Trading Standards team responsible for securing the convictions of five people for selling fake or illegal cigarettes.
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