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HMRC arrest six in £22m tobacco smuggling and tax fraud raids

July 15, 2015 by adminficci News 0 comments

Six men have been arrested in a series of raids by officers investigating a suspected £22m tobacco smuggling and money laundering operation.

Eleven premises in Essex, Derbyshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, London and the West Midlands were raided by HM Revenue and Customs officers earlier.

Four men from Essex were detained, one from Hertfordshire and one from the West Midlands.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-33539841

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