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A gang of four have been convicted over a £500,000 illegal 'tobacco factory' in Birmingham .

Detectives launched an investigation after stopping a car in the Southside area of the city in May.

Inside, officers found several weapons including a baseball bat, wooden club, metal bar and a knuckle duster.

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Further enquiries led detectives to an address in Perry Barr where they found more than 400kg of hand rolled tobacco worth £177,000.

They also seized over 4,500 illicit cigarettes, along with £33,000 in cash.

The address was effectively being operated as an illegal tobacco factory, police said.

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Four people at the address - Mei Yun Wang, Honpeng Yang, Zheming

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