{"id":258654,"date":"2025-07-04T00:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-the-secret-tunnels-underneath-a-uk-high-street-hiding-illegal-cigarettes-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T00:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:04:38","slug":"inside-the-secret-tunnels-underneath-a-uk-high-street-hiding-illegal-cigarettes-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-the-secret-tunnels-underneath-a-uk-high-street-hiding-illegal-cigarettes-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the secret tunnels underneath a UK high street hiding illegal cigarettes | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_k4yNbC2NAA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the secret tunnels underneath a UK high street hiding illegal cigarettes | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_k4yNbC2NAA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement is struggling to stop the growing sale of illegal tobacco in mini marts across British high streets, a BBC investigation has revealed. <\/p>\n<p>Trading Standards teams say they don\u2019t have the resources to tackle the organised crime gangs suspected of supplying some of the shops and said the profits being made are on a par with selling heroin and cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>Trading standards has described the issue as a war, and that asylum seekers with no right to work in the UK have been found inside some of the shops. 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