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Over 10,000 illegal cigarettes seized as two Ashington shops are raided by Trading Standards, Police and specialist search dogs. 

Three stolen motorbikes, a cannabis grow and more than £100,000 worth of illegal tobacco were all seized when officers from Rugby Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) carried out a joint operation with Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards and search dog from Stuart Phillips K9, on Friday 18 June.

Operation CeCe is part of the HMRC funded national crackdown to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco in the UK. 

Illegal tobacco worth over £10,000 has been seized from three Southampton shops.

Trading Standards and Hampshire Police, assisted by Cooper the tobacco search dog found the illegal goods in Shirley and Woolston.

Body worn video captures the moment that Cooper from Stuart Phillips K9 locates the stash. 

Detection dogs are known for their excellent sense of smell, and now one has started work at a Scottish whisky distillery.

Rocco, an 18 month old Working Cocker Spaniel is being used to identify imperfections in whisky casks at the Grant's Whisky distillery in Girvan in Ayrshire.

Specially trained tobacco dogs from Pembrokeshire company Stuart Phillips K9 have given trading standards a helping paw in their search for smuggled and fake tobacco products across the county.

An ongoing operation to combat the sale of illegal tobacco across the county has made seizures in North Staffordshire.

Officers from Staffordshire County Council’s Trading Standards service raided four premises, including one in Leek and three in Newcastle under Lyme.

A specially-trained tobacco detection dog has helped police and Trading Standards officers uncover a haul of illegal substances across Wearside.

Tobacco detection dogs Cooper and Yoyo accompanied Sunderland City Council's team and Northumbria Police as they carried out visits to retail premises across the city.

A large amount of illegal tobacco has been seized by North Tyneside Council's Trading Standards team from a shop in Wallsend. Specialist search dogs from Wales based Stuart Phillips K9 were called in to assist with the operation.

Raids on premises in Benwell, Byker and Heaton netted 32,000 illegal cigarettes and over a kilogram of alleged illicit hand rolling tobacco. 

Tobacco and cash detection dogs from specialist search dog company Stuart Phillips K9 were called in to assist Trading Standards and Police.