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A man has been jailed for selling and storing illegal tobacco in Worthing, after sniffer dogs from Pembrokeshire based B.W.Y Canine Ltd found his hidden stashes.

In a statement, West Sussex County Council said Mohammed Hoshyar Khidir, 26, was sentenced to 27 months in prison after officers found 128 tobacco pouches and 478 packets of cigarettes at properties in Worthing and Poole in Dorset.


Several dogs from Pembrokeshire based B.W.Y Canine Ltd are to take centre stage in a new TV series, starting on Monday 5th November. The day-to-day work of Stuart Phillips will feature in a number of episodes on the new Quest Red TV series "Dog Detectives".

Then B.W.Y Canine 'illegal tobacco crime unit' attends the PDSA Petwise event, with Nottingham City Trading Standards Service.

Sniffer dogs from Pembrokeshire based B.W.Y Canine Ltd and Trading Standards officers have been out in Port Talbot talking to the public about the sale of illegal tobacco in their communities.

It's a part of an international day of action marking World No Tobacco Day.

 

Meet the Welsh dogs with a nose for illegal tobacco.

Spaniels, Yoyo, Scamp and Phoebe, have uncovered more than £12 million of illegal tobacco products in various raids across the UK, working with the police and tranding standards, for example.

 

More than 25,000 illegal cigarettes have been seized in raids on shops across Oxfordshire.

Trading Standards and police officers discovered the cigarettes - with an estimated street value of £8,000 - at shops in Witney and Cowley.

 

llicit tobacco hidden behind a cellar wall by sniffer dogs, which could be opened by a secret button under a false plug unit, has been seized from a shop in Maidstone.

 

Officers from KCC Trading Standards, Kent Police and HMRC carried out several raids in Thanet this morning (March 26) as part of a wide-scale crackdown on the supply of illicit tobacco on the isle.

 

SNIFFER dogs were in the city centre yesterday to mark National No Smoking Day and a Trading Standards crack down on illegal tobacco.

Tens of thousands of cigarette packets being sold illegally from a house in Wolverhampton have been seized after a raid by officers.

B.W.Y Canine Ltd

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Email: office@bwycanine.co.uk

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BWY Canine

Formed in 2009, B.W.Y CANINE is a leading supplier of specialist detection dogs for UK and international clients. B.W.Y CANINE provides a range of sniffer dog services to a very diverse range of clients for detecting Drugs, Explosives, Firearms and Counterfeit Tobacco. Our clients include Police Services, Trading Standards, Private Companies, NHS Trusts, Oil Refineries and the 3rd largest Port Authority in the UK.

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