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Illegal tobacco and cigarettes worth more than £2,000 have been seized by Gloucestershire County Council Trading Standards officers after they discovered a hidden compartment in the wall of a shop in Cheltenham.

In a combined investigation officers from Gloucestershire County Council’s Trading Standards, HM Revenue & Customs and Gloucestershire Police have seized illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth almost £13,000 in Gloucester.

Following an investigation by Gloucestershire Trading Standards, a farmer from the Forest of Dean has pleaded guilty to eight animal welfare offences at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Monday (28 January).

Visitors to areas where wild boar are present are being reminded that, while feeding them may seem helpful, it’s dangerous for their health and could spread fatal diseases among the boar which could transfer to commercial pigs.

Badran Said, 42, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for selling illegal tobacco from stores in Eastgate Street, Gloucester between October 2016 and July 2017.

A car wash owner from Lydney has been convicted under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 with causing unnecessary suffering to a ram.

Trading standards officers found £1700 of illegal tobacco stashed behind a mirror in a shop in Cheltenham recently.

A former Lydney man has pleaded guilty to charges relating to the illegal sale of puppies and money laundering following a Gloucestershire County Council Trading Standards investigation.

Illegal tobacco worth around £3,000 has recently been seized by Gloucestershire County Council’s trading standards team.