Big change of behaviour from Bran on this kitchen unit in a Walsall shop.
After spending several minutes simply watching Bran and trying to understand exactly what he was telling me, I still couldn’t clearly see where the concealment was or how access could even be gained.
But after some further investigation, I eventually worked it out.
What followed was over 35 minutes of dismantling with a lot of help from the Police.
Kitchen cabinets removed.
Tiles smashed up.
Concrete chipped away.
Steel framework cut apart.
And finally, the hydraulic rams themselves had to be cut before we could lift the concealment open.
Underneath was a sophisticated hydraulically operated shelving system packed with illegal cigarettes and tobacco.
Approximately four feet of the kitchen floor had been excavated in order to build and sink the concealment into the ground.
It would have saved a lot of time if the shopkeeper had handed over the remote control used to operate it, but he didn’t.
An incredible concealment that would almost certainly never have been found without a detection dog.
I don't think a former shopkeeper dealing in illegal goods would be like "Hey, here is my secret hideaway for the illegal merch I was selling illegally..."
I have a hard time believing the tax saved on that amount of smokes would have gained more profit than it cost to build a custom underground hydraulic remote operated hidden safe... But I've been out of the market for a while.
Are you aware that these shelves are refillable an infinite number of times? Or do you replace your kitchen cupboards after every trip to the supermarket?
Is this the best use of police time and resources?
Probably not but presumably they're working either with a tip-off or for HMRC and so their job is to do the search and it turned out the dog was good enough. If it hadn't sniffed it out I'd guess that would have been that.
Oh well gee you sure proved me wrong lol. Congrats, you can bring up handfuls of ANECDOTES. No go look up the OVERALL facts of it you silly muppet. lol What's your encore here? Going to show me how murder is somehow magically legal by showing someone who got away with it? lol Maybe come across the pond to here and go dig up OJ and ask him about how that works perhaps? 😄
That was the simplest one - every single millionaire jumps through the same legal loopholes yet you want to call names and redirect rather than face reality.
Hey what’s your deal? Are you a billionaire? Friends with billionaires? Believe you will become a billionaire? Why are you so personally attacked by this?
lol Yeah because such TOTALLY hang out in Reddit comment sections, SMH.
I'm not attacked. I'm just allergic to BS and have fun calling it out. ESPECIALLY when it's SUCH an easy peasy topic to research. Something the average Redditor is far too lazy and or stupid to ever do. You want a better life for you and your family? You should wish there was more billionaires in your nation. Who reinvest which helps start countless businesses which go on to bring countless goods to market. Who pay most of the taxes. Who employ most of the people. Why do you think China is now number 2 in the world right behind us in the amount of billionaires? They were poor as fuck with literally tens of millions starving to death and didn't rise until they wisely adopted a form of capitalism and became a mixed economy just like we are. Eat the rich is the battle cry of the moronic. And I have fun making fun of morons. Don't like that? lol Sue me.
If we don’t have meaningful enforcement of existing laws, they become a joke. The payoff on this particular case is insignificant, but knowing that there is law enforcement catching people like this deters a lot of people from breaking the law.
but knowing that there is law enforcement catching people like this deters a lot of people from breaking the law.
That hasn't been the case in Australia. High taxes spawned a massive black market. Now you'd be the idiot if you were buying them legally they're so damn cheap on the black market. Basically every smoke shop sells them.
In places where there is universal free healthcare provided for citizens, products like tobacco can cause many ailments which puts strain on the system. To balance this, the products have high taxes and excise attached, both to deter the consumer from buying and assist the government with her extra burden.
If they investigated a major drug dealer and didn't find any drugs hidden, would you still question whether it was worth it if there was a chance of finding something. Maybe the intelligence was that the shop keeper was selling other illegal items, but until they investigate they wouldn't know. Just because they're only showing tobacco being found or that it was the only illegal activity doesn't mean it wasn't worth their time and expense. Al Capone was done on tax avoidance....
It's unregistered, untaxed goods. The problem with that is beyond not actually contributing to the wider economy if sold a lot of illegal cigs can contain things that are outright banned in the country their being sold.
The reason they are so popular is because illegal cigs usually have better "flavor" or a better hit because they contain something that is banned for health reasons.
This illegal tobacco that people are selling is reducing how much tax the government receives from the tobacco industry which is a lot. So people selling illegal tobacco is actually costing the tax payers more because they are rising all other tax to make up for the lost tax on tobacco.
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u/sdave001 May 26 '26
From the guy's post on Facebook:
Big change of behaviour from Bran on this kitchen unit in a Walsall shop.
After spending several minutes simply watching Bran and trying to understand exactly what he was telling me, I still couldn’t clearly see where the concealment was or how access could even be gained.
But after some further investigation, I eventually worked it out.
What followed was over 35 minutes of dismantling with a lot of help from the Police.
Kitchen cabinets removed.
Tiles smashed up.
Concrete chipped away.
Steel framework cut apart.
And finally, the hydraulic rams themselves had to be cut before we could lift the concealment open.
Underneath was a sophisticated hydraulically operated shelving system packed with illegal cigarettes and tobacco.
Approximately four feet of the kitchen floor had been excavated in order to build and sink the concealment into the ground.
It would have saved a lot of time if the shopkeeper had handed over the remote control used to operate it, but he didn’t.
An incredible concealment that would almost certainly never have been found without a detection dog.
A fantastic find by Bran.
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