Illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth almost £13,000 in Gloucester are off the streets thanks to the efforts of officers from three different teams. Officers from Gloucestershire County Council’s Trading Standards, HM Revenue & Customs and Gloucestershire Police worked together following reports received from the local community about the sale of… Read More
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Trading Standards warns against fakes this Christmas
Gloucestershire Trading Standards Service has been carrying out enforcement activity following reports of counterfeit clothing being sold at markets and through social media sites in Gloucester. Officers seized counterfeit items of clothing, including Burberry and Adidas children’s clothing, from a Gloucester car boot sale this week. The counterfeits had an… Read More
Gloucestershire man guilty of animal cruelty
A car wash owner from Lydney has been convicted under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 with causing unnecessary suffering to a ram. At Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Monday 19 November Farhad Khalil Ahmed was sentenced to a 12 month community order after pleading guilty to one offence relating to the… Read More
Plymouth joins the fight against criminal scammers
Councillor Sally Haydon, Cabinet Member for Customer Focus and Community Safety and Dr Ruth Harrell, Director for Public Health at Plymouth City Council have joined the Friends Against Scams campaign, an initiative that aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams by empowering communities to ‘Take a… Read More
Illegal puppy breeder pleads guilty
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. On 29 October 2018 at Cheltenham Magistrates Court, Leigh Hancock formerly of Rodley Road, Lydney pleaded guilty to a total of nine offences… Read More
Trading standards officers seize the day
Illegal tobacco worth over £6,500 has been seized by Gloucestershire County Council’s trading standards team Trading standards seized a large quantity of tobacco from two cars in Gloucester city centre on Friday, 31st August. The illegal tobacco had been stashed in an Audi Quattro which had been permanently parked in… Read More