Illegal cigarettes fine

PROSECUTORS have seized £400 from a man caught with illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth £6,000.

Sardar Gomaed, 40, was placed on a restriction of liberty order for six months after admitting to being found with the haul at his home on Morgan Street in March last year. A search uncovered 774 packets of cigarettes and 14.4kg of tobacco which were found to be counterfeit.

Following a confiscation hearing, only £400 was available to be seized from the £6,000.