Suspected illegal cigarettes hidden in freezer at Peterborough store as one man is arrested on suspicion of fraud

A man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud after good with £100,000 were seized in Peterborough.

On Thursday last week the police Community Action Team stopped a van, before visiting a business the following morning.

The operation was carried out on Thursday and Fridayplaceholder image
The operation was carried out on Thursday and Friday

During the two days, the police team seized more than 100,000 suspected counterfeit and unpaid duty cigarettes and a quantity of illegally imported alcohol.

Some of the cigarettes were even hidden in the bottom of a freezer.

A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of fraud at a business in Morley Way, Woodston on Friday. He has been released under investigation.

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