More than £3,000 worth of illegal cigarettes and tobacco has been seized from an off-licence.
In a multi-agency operation between Trading Standards and Police Licensing, a search was conducted at an off-licence in Morecambe on Friday morning.
Illegal counterfeit cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco was seized from the premise in Morecambe town centre, with officers estimating the haul to have a rough street value of £3,300.
A spokesperson for the police said: "Police and Trading Standards carried out this operation on the back of intelligence received from the general public.
"Police will continue to work in partnership with other agencies and the general public to target premises operating illegally."
If you have any information or have been sold counterfeit items please contact the Lancaster and Morecambe Police Licensing team 7373@lancashire.police.uk or 2338@lancashire.police.uk
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