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Wot no customers? Unlicensed peanut vendor s cart is seized by environment inspectors
- Credit: City Corporation
Police and local authorities are waging war on illegal peddlers on Tower Bridge.
Licensing officers from Tower Hamlets are working with the City Corporation and Southwark Council at the other end of the bridge.
Their joint clampdown on pickpockets, gamblers and unlicensed street peddlers has already resulted in the seizure of 24 carts from peanut, hotdog and ice cream vendors on five Thames bridges including Tower Bridge.
They have issued 365 warnings and made 18 prosecutions, with 12 dealers slapped with a total of £6,000 in penalties.
“The unlawful street trading has been all but eliminated,” City Corporation’s environment chairman Keith Bottomley said. “This enforcement is disrupting criminals and protecting the public from unhygienic food.”
City Corporation clamps down on illegal street traders, gamblers and pickpockets
The City of London Corporation will crack down further on illegal street traders, gamblers and pickpockets operating on five London bridges.
The operation will receive a £268k boost from City Corporation central funds. It will be carried out in collaboration with the City of London Police and borough councils.
The operation builds on a pilot that has been running across Tower Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge, London Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge.
In this period, licensing officers seized 24 carts – from illegal peanut, hotdog and ice cream vendors – and issued 365 warnings, resulting in 18 prosecutions.