Illegal cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco worth more than £90,000 have been seized from a property in the Govanhill area of Glasgow.
Officers executed a search warrant along with officers from Glasgow City Council Trading Standards and recovered over 211,000 cigarettes and 4.6kg of hand-rolling tobacco.
Gary Walker, Glasgow City Council’s Head of Community Safety and Regulatory Services, said: “The trade in illicit cigarettes and tobacco is concerning because it harms legitimate businesses which serve our communities and reduces the amount of tax coming in to fund vital public services.
“There is also an additional health risk to smokers as there are no guarantees about what the products contain.”
