'Money-motivated' off-licence boss tried to hide stash of illegal cigarettes during police raid
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA ‘money-motivated’ off-licence owner tried to hide a stash of illegal cigarettes and vapes in his car as police and trading standards officers raided his shop.
Drinks Allowed - known as Go Local - in Edgeley, Stockport, could now effectively be shut down at a hearing to review its premises licence next week.
It comes after cops and licensing chiefs visited the Castle Street store last August as part of national illicit tobacco disruption initiative Operation CeCe. READ MORE : Off-licence refused longer hours after hearing told it had shown 'clear disregard' for community The shop, owned and run by Akshay Singh Ahuja, had previously been caught selling booze to a 19-year-old test-purchaser without checking ID.
It has also been subject to a catalogue of complaints about under-age alcohol sales, ‘fake tobacco’ and vodka that ‘tastes like anti-freeze’.
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