Illegal cigarette gang sentenced (From The Bolton News): "GANG of men made by Amanda Smith hundreds of thousands of pounds selling illegal cigarettes from laundry bags and suitcases at a Bolton car boot sale.
The four evaded nearly £100,000 in excise duty — and investigators believe they could have made up to £400,000 from their dodgy dealings.
HM Revenue and Customs officers seized 46,980 cigarettes and 51.7 kilos of tobacco after searching the four men and their homes.
They were secretly filmed by officers while selling the cheap products at Lever Street Market between March and July last year.
Yesterday the four men — Omar Mohammed Omar, Enver Batkitar, Shawkat Sidiq, and Sabah Abdul Majid — were given suspended prison sentences when they appeared at Manchester Crown Court."
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