Shwan Abubaker was pulled over by police near the Vauxhall Holiday Park, at the end of the Acle Straight.

Vauxhall Holiday Park (Image: Newsquest)

Norwich Crown Court heard Abubaker told officers he had been heading to McDonalds at the time.

He was found to have boxes full of pouches of foreign branded tobacco in the back and in the boot.

Norwich Crown Court (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)

Martin Ivory, prosecuting, said each pouch weighed 50g and if all were sold could have fetched £120,000.

The prosecutor said as the tobacco had been purchased in Europe, it had been "evading duty in this country".

Mr Ivory said the total duty evaded on the goods seized by police, on December 20, 2023, was £82,464.

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