Stockport Council took part in a major operation to crack down on illegal activity in Reddish and Brinnington last week.
The Council’s Licensing and Trading Standards teams joined forces with Greater Manchester Police and HM Customs & Excise in ‘Operation Mistral’.
Activities carried out during the operation included:
Underage test purchasing which resulted in one premises being found to sell alcohol to an underage volunteer. Over 600 bottles of wine and 234 bottles of spirits of illicit alcohol was seized in raids on off-licences.
A warrant was executed by the Police at a residential address on Brindale Road which resulted in the Council’s Trading Standards team seizing around 8,000 counterfeit DVDs and associated equipment.
Two prohibition notices were issued on Private Hire Vehicles by the Council’s Licensing team following a series of roadside checks which revealed potentially dangerous defects.
A public house was issued with a notice of closure for the remainder of the weekend following evidence of widespread smoking on the premises.
Investigations by the Council’s Licensing and Trading Standards teams, Greater Manchester Police and HM Customs & Excise are ongoing in relation to the above issues.
To report illegal activity in relation to counterfeit DVDs and the sale of illicit alcohol, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Iain – another thing is the fake £20 notes that are going around – I got stung with one as part of cashback. I have written to Somerfields saying I’d never shop there again as I know my spending habits and where money comes from.
Perhaps it might be worth telling people to only get cashback in denominations worth less than £20.
I can tell you the store in question – perhaps the local council can do spot checks as part of these operations at supermarkets? That way they can be out of pocket and not ordinary people.