Peterborough man arrested on suspicion of money laundering
A Peterborough man has been arrested after thousands of counterfeit cigarettes were uncovered by police.
Officers from the Local and Neighbourhood Policing Teams attended three separate addresses across Kings Lynn - a store on London Road, an address on Lansdowne Street and a retail store on Norfolk Street - and discovered more than 50 thousand counterfeit cigarettes.
A man, aged in his 20s and from the King Lynn area, and a man, aged in his 30s and from the Peterborough area, were arrested on suspicion of money laundering offences. They have since been released under investigation whilst enquiries are ongoing.