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£30,000 valued illegal products seized from South London shops despite ‘sophisticated concealment’

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The Royal Borough of Greenwich, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Police, carried out an operation on Saturday 21 June to target the sale of illegal tobacco and vape products. In total the seized products had a retail value of over £30,000. In response to reports…

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