An off-licence has been fined and cigarettes were seized as Trading Standards carried out its latest operation.
A Palmerston Road off-licence has been issued with a fixed penalty ticket of £90 after it was caught selling alcohol under-age boy.
Harrow Licensing and Safer Transport Team, along with officers from Trading Standards carried out test purchase operations in the Wealdstone area on Thursday, July 23.
Nine off-licences were visited throughout the day, and Trading Standards Officer also seized 60 packets of duty-free cigarettes as they were believed to be being sold on the premises.
PC Jasminder Virdi from Harrow Licensing said: "These test purchases are done to ensure that Licensees remained focussed on training their staff with sales procedures that uphold the Licensing Principle of Protecting Children from Harm."
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