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Footage shows elaborate ways some rogue shops are hiding illegal products

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Around 4,500 cigarettes and 3kg of hand rolling tobacco have been seized in Gainsborough – with footage showing the extreme lengths criminals are taking to hide them. Lincolnshire Trading Standards officers discovered the unsafe items during an investigation at Local Shop on Trinity Street. The…

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