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Clampdown on illegal sales continues with Coventry shop closure

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A Coventry shop has become the latest in a string of convenience stores closed down by trading standards officers after selling illegal tobacco and vapes, La Mirage on Earlsdon Street has been ordered to shut for six weeks, after the Coventry City Council trading standards…

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