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Author:  captain cab [ Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:18 pm ]
Post subject:  A warning to everyone
Taxi driver stopped on M4 by police and found with a tonne-and-a-half of illicit tobacco is jailed



A cab driver caught with more than a tonne-and-a-half of illicit tobacco stuffed into black bin bags has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.

Alan Clater, 62, was caught transporting 404kg of hand-rolling tobacco and 1.199 tonnes of raw tobacco worth a whopping £260,000 in lost excise duty.

He was stopped by Wiltshire Police on the M4 near Swindon who discovered scores of bin liners stuffed with the illicit tobacco piled in the back of his van in March 2013.

Clater, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, was handed the suspended prison sentence and ordered to undertake 100 hours of unpaid work.

Alan Clater, 62, was caught transporting 404kg of hand-rolling tobacco and 1.199 tonnes of raw tobacco worth a whopping £260,000 in lost excise duty.

He was stopped by Wiltshire Police on the M4 near Swindon who discovered scores of bin liners stuffed with the illicit tobacco piled in the back of his van in March 2013.

Clater, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, was handed the suspended prison sentence and ordered to undertake 100 hours of unpaid work.

Colin Spinks, HMRC's Assistant Director, Criminal Investigation, said: "We will not stand by and let crooks rip off the law-abiding public, stealing money that should be being spent on vital public services.

"These offences have a devastating impact on honest retailers who have to compete with the black market and on the nation's finances, with around £2 billion lost in excise revenue each year."

Clater pleaded not guilty to both being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the duty payable on tobacco and to taking steps with a view to the evasion of duty payable on tobacco.

The court ordered that the tobacco seized was ordered to be destroyed.


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Author:  Nidge2 [ Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A warning to everyone
If the Government weren't greedy and not load it with duty they wouldn't have people doing this.
Author:  Sussex [ Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A warning to everyone
Nidge2 wrote:
If the Government weren't greedy and not load it with duty they wouldn't have people doing this.

There is an argument that says if fags were cheaper millions more would still be smoking.
Author:  ven2112 [ Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A warning to everyone
dont understand the thread title tbh , how is that a warning to everyone ? never been caught transporting 404kg of hand-rolling tobacco, i don't do it ?????
Author:  Nidge2 [ Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A warning to everyone
Sussex wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
If the Government weren't greedy and not load it with duty they wouldn't have people doing this.

There is an argument that says if fags were cheaper millions more would still be smoking.


I doubt it due to the introduction of vaping, you'll always get the hardcore smoker but, the most sensible of people have given the fags up and started vaping, even if the fags were £5 a packet millions would still have given up and made the switch to vaping.

It's like drinking, the reason why we've got so many people with alcohol related illnesses is the price of it, the supermarkets now sell a litre of alcohol cheaper than a litre of water.
Author:  trotskys twin [ Wed Jun 17, 2015 2:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A warning to everyone
Nidge2 wrote:
Sussex wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
If the Government weren't greedy and not load it with duty they wouldn't have people doing this.

There is an argument that says if fags were cheaper millions more would still be smoking.


I doubt it due to the introduction of vaping, you'll always get the hardcore smoker but, the most sensible of people have given the fags up and started vaping, even if the fags were £5 a packet millions would still have given up and made the switch to vaping.

It's like drinking, the reason why we've got so many people with alcohol related illnesses is the price of it, the supermarkets now sell a litre of alcohol cheaper than a litre of water.


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