Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city A shopkeeper caught with almost 22,000 smuggled cigarettes and other illicit tobacco has been banned from selling alcohol at his new off licence in Irlam.
Five seizures of illegal tobacco have been made in three premises in which Mohammed Sahman held positions of responsibility since November 2017.
Trading standards also found alcohol on the shelves of ABC Extra on Liverpool Road when they inspected the new shop which had not yet been licensed.
Councillors on Salford's licensing panel asked Mr Sahman at a hearing on Tuesday (March 16) for guarantees that he will not sell illicit tobacco again.
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