Shop Owner Jailed for Selling Illegal Vapes, Cigarettes

0:00It's April 10th, Lester News, today starts now, AI-powered and ready. A shop owner and love bro just got hit hard for ignoring the law on illegal vapes, cigarettes, and tobacco. Hassan Sadagat ran the gold town convenience store and kept selling banned products despite repeated warnings from trading standards officers. They first raided the place back on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025, grabbing 14 illegal e-cigarettes, seven packs of fake smokes, and 59 packs of herbal tobacco. Offices came back multiple times that year, Wednesday, July 23rd, and Friday, September 19th, issuing more warnings and advice on. Age restricted sales. Sadagat didn't stop. Undercover buys from late October through early December confirmed he was still peddling counterfeit and illegal goods, fit for the UK market. The bus revealed the real scale over 150 illegal tobacco products stashed away, including a hidden compartment above the toilet door.

1:00And a bag with six more packs. None had proper UK packaging or health warnings and some even tested positive for THC, the key ingredient in cannabis. Fast forward to Thursday, April 2nd, when the 24-year-old pleaded guilty to 11 offenses in Leicester, magistrate's court. He landed a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work, plus a three-year ban from running any company and a one. 114-pound victim search-arge. His business, Goldtown Loughborough Limited, got slapped with a 5,000-pound fine and another 5,000 in court costs. Council leaders called it a blatant disregard for the rules, stressing how these prosecutions protect folks from dangerous spakes flooding the streets. Cases like this keep the pressure on rogue sellers.