More than £2,000 worth of illegal alcohol seized from shop selling without license

Thousands of pounds worth of illegal alcohol was seized from a shop after police discovered it did not have a license.
By Rebecca Marano
Published 18th Nov 2020, 10:55 BST
Updated 18th Nov 2020, 10:58 BST
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The business had been refused an alcohol license in September after officers found it selling counterfeit cigarettes.

Officers told the owner that all alcohol had to be removed from display.

However, the shop continued to sell it.

Officers seized these tins of Tyskie beer after a shop continued to sell alcohol without a license.Officers seized these tins of Tyskie beer after a shop continued to sell alcohol without a license.
Officers seized these tins of Tyskie beer after a shop continued to sell alcohol without a license.
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Last week, officers went to the shop and seized more than £2,000 worth of alcohol.

The shop owner now faces prosecution.

Sergeant Leon Stansfield of the Safer Kirklees Partnership, said: “In this case the retailer has lost a significant and valuable amount of stock as a result of trying to sell these products when well aware they had no licence in place to do so.

“While we are keen to work with licensees to help them during what are tough times they should be in no doubt that we will act if we are aware of breaches occurring

“The shop owner now faces prosecution for breaches under the 2003 Licensing Act.”

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Inspector Graham Dyson of the Huddersfield NPT, said: “We work very closely with our licensing colleagues and will act quickly with them to clamp down on any reported breaches in the town centre.

“There are clear links between alcohol and anti-social behaviour in our communities and it is really important that retailers who sell beers, wines and spirits are properly licenced and follow the legislation for the safe and responsible sale of these products.”