text: Trading Standards officers working with sniffer dogs uncovered the illicit haul at six properties in the Freeman Street area of the town.
  The cigarettes and tobacco would cost an estimated Â£200,00 if bought legally.
  North East Lincolnshire Council's Trading Standards team said it was the largest haul since it began a crackdown on illicit products last year.
  Prior to the latest haul, the team seized nearly 90,000 cigarettes and 181lbs (82.5kg) of tobacco since launching Operation Nightshade.
  Councillor Terry Walker said: "This is the most significant stash to have been uncovered during Operation Nightshade and is the result of a long-term, intelligence led campaign aimed at dishonest retailers who persist in flouting the law."
target: About 300,000 counterfeit and illegally imported cigarettes and 330lbs (150kg) of tobacco have been seized in Grimsby.