Fag barons in court

Eight men accused of orchestrating a £12m tobacco swindle appeared in court today (wed). The gang appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court charged with evading duty tax and converting criminal property. Yasser Abbasi, 44, Syed Alam, 38, and Farhan Hassan, 38, and Mohammed Raza, 39, all denied fraudulently evading duty and converting criminal property at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court. Imtiaz Shaikh, 58, Yong Huang, 45, Bakht Khan,37, and Long Xue, 41, chose not to enter pleas to the allegations. Syed, Raza, Shaikh,…