Bourne shopkeeper given suspended jail sentence after being caught selling illicit cigarettes and tobacco
| Updated: 13:38, 11 December 2020
A 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 was prosecuted after Lincolnshire Trading Standards officers together with police carried out a raid on the Stop and Shop convenience store in North Street, Bourne.
Michael Coley, prosecuting said that 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 had illegal packaging.