---
title: "Cigarette fraud arrests in Newark, Doncaster and Retford"
url: https://taxdisputes.co.uk/2011/06/cigarette-fraud-arrests-in-newark-doncaster-and-retford/
date: 2011-06-06
modified: 2026-06-02
author: "Tax Dispute Solicitors"
description: "Five men have been arrested in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire by customs officers investigating a £20m illegal tobacco fraud. About 60 officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) raided addresses..."
categories:
  - "Duty Evasion"
  - "Fraud"
word_count: 74
---

# Cigarette fraud arrests in Newark, Doncaster and Retford

Five men have been arrested in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire by customs officers investigating a £20m illegal tobacco fraud. About 60 officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) raided addresses on Friday morning as part of a probe into excise duty fraud and money laundering.

Two men, aged 26 and 27, were arrested in Doncaster and a 47-year-old man was arrested in Newark. Two more men, aged 23 and 27, were arrested in Retford.