Category Archives: Trading Standards

Customs’ dogs sniff out £500,000-worth of illegal tobacco

Posted on March 21, 2022 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council trading standards team and HM Revenue and Customs have used specialist sniffer dogs to track down and seize illegal tobacco worth more than £175,000. Officers recovered 270,600 illegal cigarettes and 14.8km of hand-rolling tobacco from a storage facility … Continue reading →

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£100,000-worth of contraband tobacco seized in Waddon raid

Posted on September 28, 2021 by insidecroydon

A trading standards raid in Waddon last week seized 175,000 illegal cigarettes estimated to be worth more than £100,000. The discovery has prompted the council to issue an urgent health warning over sales of cheap tobacco, and the threat to … Continue reading →

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Trading Standards delivers 17th court win against knife crime

Posted on June 8, 2021 by insidecroydon

A court case brought by Croydon Council Trading Standards against a firm selling dangerous weapons online to children has brought a prosecution and £25,000 in fines and costs against the company. The case, brought against Daventry-based Extreme GB Ltd, was … Continue reading →

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Axed! Retailer hit with £19,000 fines for under-age online sale

Posted on December 23, 2020 by insidecroydon

The council’s Trading Standards department has secured another prosecution against a business selling potentially a dangerous weapon to a child. The latest conviction was brought against a Manchester firm that sold an axe online to a 13-year-old. It saw Topline … Continue reading →

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Croydon has too few officers to police soaring knife crime

Posted on August 2, 2017 by insidecroydon

Incidents of knife crime in Croydon have nearly doubled in the past year, with 13 murders in the borough since January 2016. But police shortages in Croydon have become so bad that there were no officers available to visit the … Continue reading →

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Letting agent convicted of fraud over £15,000 of deposits

Posted on March 14, 2017 by insidecroydon

A letting agent – described by a Crown Court judge as being “thoroughly dishonest” – has been jailed for 19 months after making off with thousands of pounds of clients’ holding deposits. The trial of Thirugnanaselvam Damayantharan, of Demesne Road, … Continue reading →

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Energy sales pressure techniques sees council call in Ofgem

Posted on October 9, 2016 by insidecroydon

Complaints from councillors over high-pressure selling techniques used by door-to-door energy salesmen in Fieldway and New Addington has led to the council to refer an energy company to Ofgem, and effectively to advise residents to use a blunter approach on … Continue reading →

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Council issues warning over rogue traders at your doorstep

Posted on September 20, 2016 by insidecroydon
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