From: EDP 24
Ben Woods
A damaging criminal network flooding Norfolk and Suffolk with illicit tobacco could be unmasked by fresh evidence seized in raids across the region, trading standards has said.
Mobile phones, computers and documents found by officers as part of a crackdown on counterfeit and duty evaded cigarettes could provide the key to revealing a web of suppliers that are smuggling illegal goods into East Anglia.
The revelation comes after four people were arrested and more than 50,000 illicit cigarettes and tobacco products were discovered during a major operation in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft yesterday morning.
Dog handling teams discovered thousands of pounds worth of illicit tobacco stashed in a storage heater, the boot of a car, under stairs and beneath kitchen cabinets.
