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Around 27,000 suspected illegal cigarettes and 3kg of hand-rolling tobacco was seized as part of a two-day operation using sniffer dogs from Pembrokeshire based B.W.Y Canine Ltd.

Herefordshire Local Policing Area Commander, Superintendent Sue Thomas has expressed her pride in her local officers and community at the recent Herefordshire Police annual medal and awards ceremony.

Amongst those receiving awards were Pembrokeshire based sniffer dogs Yoyo and Scamp as well as their handler and trainer Stuart Phillips.

BOOTLEG cigarettes worth £18,000 in street value have been seized following a series of raids in shops across Darlington thanks to detection dogs Scamp and Yoyo from B.W.Y Canine Ltd.

SCAMP, the tobacco and cash detection dog, has sniffed out a major award, receiving a Special Commendation for his detection work from the Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG).

Springer Spaniel Scamp, a tobacco and cash detection dog has picked up the top award during a prestigious award ceremony in London. Over the past 6 years Scamp has found over £8 million pounds-worth of illegal tobacco products, during operations with Trading Standards, Police and Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs. 

Gateshead Council Trading Standards and officers from Northumbria Police uncovered the haul of illegal tobacco with the help of a highly trained tobacco sniffer dog in a series of intelligence-led daytime raids.

Closure notice and community sentences issued following seizure of illegal tobacco products in Ross-on-Wye.

Officers from Herefordshire Council's Trading Standards and West Mercia Police would not have found 37,000 illegal cigarettes had it not have been for a tobacco detection dog Yoyo. A vehicle connected to a Ross-on-Wye shop contained £19,000 worth of illegal cigarettes and was identified in a car park by specialist tobacco detection dog Yoyo, from Pembrokeshire based B.W.Y Canine Ltd.

A two day detection dog workshop held in Pembrokeshire by B.W.Y Canine Ltd has been hailed a huge success.

More than 25,000 illicit cigarettes and tobacco products were discovered during a raid on a Willenhall shop, with help from tobacco detection dog Scamp. 

Walsall Council's trading standards team carried out 'Operation Rottweiler', which was supported by HM Customs and Excise officers, B.W.Y Canine sniffer dogs and Walsall Police, on Wednesday (February 6) when the haul was found.