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Essex store closed after twice being caught selling illegal cigarettes and vapes

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Magistrates have ordered a Grays shop to close for a month after Thurrock Trading Standards officers found illegal tobacco and vapes during an inspection. Officers carried out the inspection at Shelby’s, in Clarence Road, Grays, at the start of April after concerns were raised that…

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