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94% of local shops pass London borough’s Trading Standards’ summer operation

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During the school summer holidays, Barking and Dagenham Council’s Trading Standards team joined forces with a group of young people to crack down on the illegal sale of age-restricted products to under-18s. A series of test purchase operations were carried out across the borough, targeting…

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