Businesses suspected of selling illicit tobacco have been inspected in a joint operation by Kent...

Published: 9:17 am August 10, 2023
Updated: 8:21 am October 8, 2025
Joint operation targets businesses selling illicit tobacco in Maidstone – UKNIP

Businesses suspected of selling illicit tobacco have been inspected in a joint operation by Kent Trading Standards and the #Maidstone Neighbourhood Task Force. On Wednesday 9 August 2023, four shops were targeted in the town centre #Fant areas.

Two premises were found to be in order while 40,000 cigarettes and around 50 kilos of rolling tobacco with a combined value of £18,000, were seized at the other locations.

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