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Kent stores shut down over illicit tobacco sales Print
2nd June 2021
Thanet District Council, in Kent, has been granted Premises Closure Orders for seven premises involved in the sale of cheap and illicit tobacco.
The shops, which have been the subject of repeated complaints and intelligence, will be boarded up with copies of the notices fixed to their premises and have their locks changed. Breach of a Closure Order is a criminal offence and can result in penalties of either an unlimited fine or imprisonment for up to three months or both.
The closed premises, which will shut for the next three months to prevent further criminal activities taking place, are: