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Stockport shopkeeper prosecuted following non-compliant vapes seizure

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A former Stockport shopkeeper has been prosecuted by Stockport Council’s Trading Standards team after nearly 1,000 illegal disposable vapes were seized from a premises in Hazel Grove. Syed Nasir Raza Shah of Fountains Road, Stretford, appeared in court to face four offences under The Tobacco…

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