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Oxford store ordered to pay £17,000 after being caught selling illegal products

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A company and its former director have been fined for illegal tobacco and nicotine product offences following an investigation by Oxfordshire County Council’s trading standards team. Yadgar Ghafour, 38, of Phillip Street, Chester, former owner and director of Khalifa Super Store Ltd of 120 Cowley…

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