Shop busted after 10 years of issues with two staff jailed and criminal gang warning

Corner shops selling counterfeit and illegal tobacco are fronts for organised crime groups, a judge has said.The warning came as two men were sent down following search warrants which uncovered more than 9,000 packets of illegal cigarettes as well as tobacco and vapes worth tens of thousands of poundsTwo men have been sent down at Swansea Crown Court for their involvement in the business but the prosecution accepted neither defendant "was truly in charge of this operation".Lee Reynolds, prosecuting, told the court the case revolved around a shop called Swansea Market in Swansea's St Helen's Road. He said it was a property which "has been the cause of continual issues for 10 years" over the sale of tobacco and vape products. He said the shop had undergone frequent changes of ownership and s