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A Staffordshire shopkeeper has been fined for selling illicit tobacco and cigarettes
Posted 17 January 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|West Midlands
UPDATES: A retailer has been sentenced after repeated discoveries of illicit cigarettes and tobacco worth more than £8,000, highlighting the consequences of illegal tobacco sales and sustained Trading Standards enforcement.
A shopkeeper who sold illicit tobacco from his premises in Newcastle-under-Lyme has been fined and given a 12-month Community Order following a prosecution brought by Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards.
Hardi Saleh, 47, was selling packs of 20 cigarettes for as little as £5 when Trading Standards Officers raided Newcastle Mini Market twice in 2021.
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