A major sting on shops selling illegal cigarettes has led to nearly 72,000 packets being seized from Nottinghamshire's streets in the past year – with an estimated retail value of nearly £700,000.
Businesses have been busted for hiding the fake fags in hoovers, under floorboards, in door frames, hidden rooms and even within a toilet to avoid being caught.
There have even been cases where sellers have transformed their front rooms into factories in order to create the...
