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Crackdown means closure for stores selling illegal tobacco and vapes

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Lincolnshire police and trading standards have shut a further seven stores across the county after raids for the sale of illegal tobacco and vapes. The shops in Spalding, Crowland and Holbeach were targeted in the raids, and court orders for temporary closure were then granted…

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