counterfeit cigarettes also had nearly 1,000 erectile dysfunction tablets in stock when his shop was raided.Trading Standards officers visited KS News in Bilston, West Midlands, last September, following repeated complaints about the sale of illicit tobacco and unlicensed alcohol at the premises.Shop owner Karanveer Singh Dhaliwal was caught with 10,000 illegal cigarettes as well as 969 Sildenafil Citrate tablets, a pharmacy-controlled drug best known by the trade name Viagra.More than 10,000 counterfeit and foreign cigarettes were also found alongside 11 bottles of whisky for which duty had not been paid.Despite not having a licence to sell booze, 97 bottles of wine, 225 litres of spirits, 570 litres of beer and more than 200 litres of cider were stored at the back of the shopDhaliwal, of Tipton, West Midlands, was found guilty of four offences under the Trade Marks Act and six offences relating to UK health warnings.He was also convicted of possession with intent to supply a pharmacy controlled drug at Wolverhampton Crown Court.In a separate hearing former shop manager Ashok Singh Kumar, from Smethwick, West Midlands, admitted four offences under the Trade Marks Act.He also pleaded guilty to six further offences relating to UK health warnings for tobacco, cigarette packaging, unpaid duty and possession of criminal property.Both men appeared before a judge on Wednesday (April 6) where they were sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years.A further hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act to consider confiscation proceedings will take place at a later date.The court heard officers raided the store on September 24 last year to investigate a complaint of underage alcohol sales, which left a child requiring.
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