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More than £70,000 illegal tobacco and vapes confiscated in the Wirral

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A summer crackdown  in the Wirral resulted in seizures of illegal tobacco and vapes worth £70,000, Merseyside police said this week. The force seized more than 53,000 illegal cigarettes worth £40,000, 13.2kg of rolling tobacco worth £20,000, and more than 1,000 illegal vapes worth £10,000.…

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