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£26,000 worth of illegal products seized at Wolverhampton store

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Illicit cigarettes, vapes and tobacco products have been seized from a shop following investigations by City of Wolverhampton Council. Acting on complaints, the council’s Trading Standards team and officers from Bilston Police targeted a premises in the city where the goods were believed to be…

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