Law enforcement is struggling to stop the growing sale of illegal tobacco in mini marts across British high streets, a BBC investigation has revealed. Trading Standards teams say they don’t have the resources to tackle the organised crime gangs suspected of supplying some of the shops and said the profits being made are on a...
BBC It’s pitch black and we’re crawling along a secret underground tunnel beneath a high street in Hull. We pass rotting beams propped up precariously by stacked breeze blocks. A rusty car jack is helping prevent the shop floor above from falling in. Through the rubble, we follow a Trading Standards Officer, his torch swinging...
