A chute was being used by a shop in Cheetham Hill to sell illicit tobacco from a flat above, trading standards officers from Manchester council have claimed.
More than 17,000 cigarettes and 2.75kg of hand-rolling tobacco were found alongside an audio device in the flat above Euro Market in Cheetham Hill Road.
Trading standards officers believe that staff would sit in the flat and listen to orders before passing the products down to the premises through the chute. READ MORE: How Manchester council wants to 'stamp out' spiking amid rise in cases Designated premises supervisor Hassan Darvishi denied he had access to the flat despite documents relating to him as the shop owner being found inside.
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