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Swansea retailer sentenced for selling illegal tobacco

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A Swansea-based couple were caught with more than 140,000 illicit cigarettes and almost 20kg of rolling tobacco hidden in their store, the Stokrotka Supermarket in Mansel Street. The couple were caught following a series of raids by trading standards officers, police and sniffer dogs who found hiding places for goods of a street value of …

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