LoginRetailer fined for underage vodka sales
A shopkeeper who sold counterfeit and untaxed vodka to children has been fined
Posted 03 July 2022 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|London
UPDATES: A retailer is prosecuted after repeatedly selling alcohol to children during test purchase operations. The case examines the investigation, court outcome and the wider importance of age-restricted sales enforcement.
An investigation by Hammersmith & Fulham Trading Standards has led to a rogue retailer being prosecuted for repeatedly selling alcohol to children.
When test purchases were carried out at the former Smokemart off-licence in Hammersmith in December 2019, two volunteers aged 15 and 17 were served with alcohol. The following month, Trading Standards Officers discovered more than 111 ...
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