Nearly two tonnes of of compressed raw tobacco leaf was recovered
A third raid netted 1.8 tonnes of compressed raw tobacco leaf, worth an estimated £782,000 in lost duty, at a haulage depot in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, on Friday 24 June. Joe Hendry, assistant director of the Fraud Investigation Service at HMRC, said: "The trade in illicit cigarettes and tobacco damages funding for essential public services and undermines legitimate traders including small, independent corner shops that serve local communities.
"HMRC continues to work closely with our partners in Scotland's Serious Organised Crime Taskforce to relentlessly pursue the determined minority who refuse to play by the rules. "Anyone with information about the illegal sale of cigarettes and tobacco should report it to HMRC online at gov.uk."
A pack of fags cost £12 avg in UK. The tax is daylight robbery. I don't blame the illegal fag trade.
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Imagine if tobacco was illegal. The haul from this particular raid wouldn’t even make the news.
Fucking HMRC, stealing again.