Seven businesses were raided Wednesday morning after a nearly four-month investigation into illegal tobacco sales in Hampton. Police simultaneously served search warrants on the businesses at 9 a.m. They confiscated 4,390 packs of cigarettes from the businesses worth $21,950, according to Lt. Jim Crotts of the Hampton police department. In May of 2009 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began conducting smoking op ... Jump to full article >>