The trade in illegal tobacco products across Kent has been disrupted by joint raids using sniffer dogs. Five shops in three towns – Maidstone, Sittingbourne and Dover \- were visited by Kent Trading Standards, working with Kent Police and the HMRC. They were accompanied by specially trained tobacco and cash detection dogs, named Griff, Bran and Maggie. The teams seized 163 vapes, 153,200 cigarettes, 75.5kg of hand-rolling tobacco, and 160 packets of shisha, all of which were illegal. Additionally, £10,000 cash was seized from a shop in Maidstone. The illegal stock had been concealed in sophist…