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HMRC Sifts Through Sewage to Work Out Illegal Cigarette Tax Losses

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Guido Fawkes
HMRC Sifts Through Sewage to Work Out Illegal Cigarette Tax Losses
HMRC is now testing the nation’s wastewater to work out how much tobacco is being smoked illegally. At a huge cost to taxpayers compared to easier methods like high street enforcement or surveying empty illegal packets…. Taxpayers are shelling out for researchers to visit waterworks around the country, looking for traces of nicotine and other…
15 Sept, 12:19