Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Two shops and a flat have been closed by police for three months in a bid to crack down on crime.
Orders were issued on the premises in Warrington after they were linked to anti-social behaviour in the district. Cheshire Constabulary executed warrants at the International Mini Market and Tymbark shops and the flats above them in Orford Lane.
About 50,000 packets of counterfeit cigarettes and around 3kg of counterfeit tobacco were seized as a result of the raids, and a quantity of cash.
HM Revenue and Customs are now investigating. Officers imposed 48-hour closure notices on the stores and one of the flats, and subsequently applied for
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