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A shop owner who sold illicit tobacco after being cautioned by officers has been fined
Posted 26 May 2021 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|North West
UPDATES: A Salford shopkeeper who kept selling illegal tobacco after earlier raids has been fined after officers found counterfeit cigarettes hidden on the premises and seized cash as proceeds of crime.
A Salford shopkeeper who continued to sell illegal and counterfeit cigarettes despite two previous raids by trading standards officers, has been fined after pleading guilty in court.
Shujat Ali, owner of Super Discount Store in Hulton, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 and the Trade Marks Act 1994 for possession of counterfeit cigarette...
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