HMRC says it has halved the illicit cigarette market with growing number of raids and prosecutionsHM Revenue and Customs says it has halved the size of the UK’s illicit cigarette market and cut that for illicit hand-rolling tobacco by a third.
The agency has announced that,working with other enforcement bodies between April and September final year, it seized more than 600m illicit cigarettes and 137 tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco, or with a combined tax value of £232m. nearly 200 people were prosecuted and 100 convicted of tobacco excise fraud during that period.
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Source: theguardian.com