From: Daily Mail
- Cigarette factory in Derby shut down and a man, 38, was arrested
- HMRC says illegal tobacco trade costs around £2.1bn in lost tax revenue
By Martin Robinson for MailOnline
An illegal tobacco factory believed to be producing £700,000 of fake cigarettes per day has been raided.
It was shut down in Derbyshire after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs, who miss out on billions a year in tax because of the illicit trade.
Tax officials, along with Derbyshire Police, dismantled the suspected illicit tobacco factory at an industrial storage unit near Derby city centre.
More than 1.2 tonnes of tobacco, worth an estimated £283,000 in duty and taxes, was seized during the operation.
