In what is believed to be the first conviction of its kind in the Yorkshire and Humber region, and one of only a handful of such convictions nationwide, Martins Klintsons, of Convamore Road, Grimsby, has pleaded guilty after Trading Standards officers discovered a haul of illegal products at a Cleethorpes shop. It should be noted that whilst these items are illegal to sell in the UK, they are being widely marketed and sold by unscrupulous wholesale suppliers and are being found in small retail outlets throughout the country with thousands of such goods being seized by Trading Standards officers, with almost 5,000 devices being seized in North East Lincolnshire in the last year alone. “People can make a real difference to help keep more illegal tobacco off the streets by reporting it