A shop has been ordered to close down after inspectors discover it had been selling counterfeit tobacco products and vapes to children. Zany Shop on Commercial street in Aberdare was issued with a three-month closure order following an investigation by Rhondda Cynon Taf council.
Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court heard that large groups of children had been visiting the area to purchase vapes and tobacco products. Magistrates were told this increased nuisance and anti-social behaviour in the area.
An investigation was carried out by the council and illegal tobacco products were seized from the town centre shop on three separate occasions and more than 500 disposable vapes were found to not be compliant with the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016. The business had been provided with advice by the council’s trading standards officers but continued to trade illegally, according to an RCT council spokesperson.
