Six held in fake cigarette raids in Hastings
Six people have been arrested and fake and smuggled cigarettes worth thousands of pounds seized in police raids on shops in East Sussex.
A total of 140,000 cigarettes and thousands of packets of hand rolling tobacco were seized in the raids.
Police said the goods, which were seized from four shops and one residential address in Hastings and St Leonards, were worth about £30,000.
It follows a BBC South East investigation in which covert filming uncovered an illegal trade in cigarettes and tobacco taking place in four stores in Hastings.
Smuggled cigarettes from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia and fake UK brands were sold to three undercover reporters.
