The premises were targeted by Trading Standards as part of an effort to clampdown on "blatant criminality" on the high street.

In total, six convenience stores and corner shops near the centre of Great Yarmouth were raided.

Untaxed and unregulated products were found in half of them, with 10,820 cigarettes and four kilograms of hand-rolling tobacco recovered.

It is the fourth in a series of raids to be carried out on firms in Yarmouth since the end of May, involving Trading Standards officials, as well as Norfolk Constabulary, HMRC officers and Great Yarmouth Borough Council.

Police on the operation in Great Yarmouth (Image: Norfolk County Council)

Scott Hussey, a senior Reform councillor at Norfolk County Council, said: "We're taking action to tackle the blatant criminality on our high........

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