An off-licence with history of selling hundreds of nitrous oxide canisters and illicit cigarettes has been refused permission to sell alcohol.
Tameside’s licensing panel rejected an application from for a new premises licence in the name of Shabana Kousar after councillors said they had ‘no confidence’ that there would not be future incidents.
The shop on Acre Street had previously been allowed to sell alcohol by the authority but lost its licence, which was then held by Murtza Hussain, in 2017 following a raid by council and GMP officers.
During the visit police and town hall staff found a ‘large quantity’ of illicit tobacco and 600 nitrous oxide gas canisters in the store.
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