Suspected illicit cigarette factory smoked out

A suspected illicit cigarette-processing factory has been dismantled in Birmingham during a raid led by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
The machinery is believed to be capable of producing 35 million cigarettes a month, at a potential cost to taxpayers of almost £138 million in lost duty and taxes a year.
HMRC officers, working with Birmingham City Council Trading Standards, Immigration Enforcement, the Government Agency Intelligence Network (GAIN) and West Midlands Police, shut down the su