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A Newsagent has been fined for selling cigarettes which did not carry health warnings.
Jamal Rashid, of Holt Road, Liverpool, was sentenced in his absence at Liverpool Magistrates Court on eight counts of supplying or offering to supply cigarettes which did not bear health warnings.
The court was told that a test purchase of a packet of Jin Ling cigarettes from the shop in Holt Road was made by an officer of Liverpool Trading Standards Alcohol and Tobacco Unit. The cigarettes were retrieved from below the counter and carried no health warnings.
Officers from the Unit then searched the shop and found 62 packets of illicit cigarettes, including Jin Ling, Marlboro Gold and L & M Red hidden under the shop counter.
A second search of the shop found a further 27 packets of cigarettes.
When interviewed Mr Rashid said that he knew they were illegal which was why they were hidden and knew it was an offence to sell cigarettes without a health warning in English.
The cigarettes have been imported into the UK without duty being paid.
District Judge Miriam Shelvey fined Mr Rashid £250 on each of the eight counts and awarded the City Council £623 costs. All the cigarettes were forfeited for destruction.
Councillor Tim Moore, city council cabinet member, said: “Illegal cigarettes undermine the local economy and their sale can put honest traders out of business. They often contain contaminates such as rat droppings. Trading Standards’ Alcohol and Tobacco Unit work hard to stamp out this trade and those who are involved in it should take heed of this prosecution.”
