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In interview, Amin initially tried to blame other people but eventually admitted that he had purchased the haul for 90,000, the court was told, and could have sold it for more than 260,000

so they wouldn't have been through European testing in regards to tar content and tobacco content, although all cigarettes are harmful

Jason Poole, head of Gloucestershire Trading Standards and Consumer Protection, said the haul of one million cigarettes was "10 times more than we've ever seized before", with the goods found in Amin's flat and in lock-ups in Worcestershire

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They also revealed that officers seized seven tonnes of tobacco at the same port in October 2025 in a truck traveling the same route from the Netherlands to Ireland