A GRIMSBY retailer has pleaded guilty after Trading Standards officer discovered counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco at his shop in Freeman Street.
Ali Saleh Ibrahim (38) of Freeman Street, appeared at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court on Friday 8 October in relation to three charges brought under the Trade Marks Act 1994.
These related to 300 counterfeit Richmond cigarettes, 1,000 counterfeit Lambert & Butler cigarettes and 15 pouches of counterfeit Golden Virginia hand rolling tobacco
This followed a Trading Standards inspection at Harrison’s News Store earlier this year.
During the routine inspection and upon seeing the officers, Ibrahim ran to the back of the store and attempted to dispose of three bags, later found to contain illegal tobacco products, by throwing them over a fence at the rear of the store.
Having been given credit for his early guilty pleas and his current circumstances, Ibrahim was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay council costs of £565 and a victim surcharge of £22.
Councillor Ron Shepherd, North East Lincolnshire Council's portfolio holder for safer and stronger communities, said: “I hope this sends a clear message to anyone thinking of possessing and selling counterfeit tobacco that our officers will find you and pursue the matter, so don’t be tempted.
“We will act on information received and enforce where necessary, so please get in touch with the council’s Trading Standards team if you are concerned.”
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