A SHOP owner has been fined after selling illegal cigarettes from a secret compartment behind his counter.
Karzan Mahmood was running International Supermarket, in Cobridge, when it was raided by Trading Standards last June.
Stafford Magistrates' Court heard officials found 10 packets of fake Golden Virginia tobacco, along with 21 packets of illegal cigarettes.
Prosecutor Trevor Vernon, representing Stoke-on-Trent City Council, said: "The premises – an off-licence and general...
