Bourne shopkeeper handed suspended jail sentence after being caught selling illicit cigarettes and tobacco
| Updated: 13:47, 11 December 2020
A Bourne shopkeeper who was caught selling illicit cigarettes and tobacco was today (Friday, December 11) given a suspended jail sentence at Lincoln Crown Court.
Majid Mahmoud (50), of North Street, was prosecuted after Lincolnshire Trading Standards officers, together with police, carried out a raid at the Stop and Shop convenience store in North Street.
Michael Coley, prosecuting said the raid, carried out in February 2019, led to the discovery of counterfeit cigarettes, which purported to be Richmond and Mayfair-branded.
Lincoln Crown Court (43180941)
Other cigarettes and tobacco on sale did not display the mandatory health warning and also had illegal packaging.