Glasgow City Council’s Trading Standards team carried out a search with cops and HMRC on Tuesday as part of a joint operation.
The teams raided four stores in the city’s Maryhill.
Over 38,000 illicit cigarettes, 2.5kg of tobacco and 600 illegal vapes were seized.
Officers were helped by sniffer dog Boo, who is the city’s only tobacco detection dog.
📢 Over 38,000 illicit cigarettes, 2.5kg of tobacco & 600 illegal vapes were seized from four Maryhill shops in a joint operation by our Trading Standards team, @PSOSGreaterGlas and HMRC yesterday.
Boo the tobacco detection dog was happy to be in the thick of it as usual! 🐕 👏 pic.twitter.com/HW5AsEWgrm
— Glasgow City Council (@GlasgowCC) February 21, 2024
She previously joined 14 inspections between July and September 2022 which saw the seizure of 200,000 fags and 19.5 kilograms of illicit tobacco.
