A Glasgow company director has been disqualified as a company director after importing raw tobacco hidden in vacuum-sealed tins disguised as furniture. Border Force officers intercepted the shipment at Grangemouth in January 2022, stopping a container addressed to Unique Enterprise Ltd, a company run by Fazle Masum. Unique Enterprise Ltd did not hold the required HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) approval to handle raw tobacco, which has been a legal requirement in the UK since 2017. Masum even applied to Border Force to have the seized tobacco returned to him. Unique Enterprise Ltd was issued with a £152,980 penalty following an HMRC investigation. The firm later went into liquidation owing almost £175,000 - nearly all of it the unpaid penalty. Fazle Masum, 42, of Glen Loy Place, Glasgow, was disqualified as a company director for eight years at Glasgow Sheriff Court. His ban came into effect on Monday 29 June.