Shops loses alcohol licence after drugs raid
Published Date:
15 May 2008
BOOZE can no longer be bought from a Featherstone store which allegedly sold cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis over the counter.
The owners of Featherstone Convenience Store, on Green Lane, surrended their alcohol licence at a Wakefield Council licensing meeting on Wednesday.
Police arrested a man after raiding the shop – which will continue trading as a grocer's – and discovering the substances in a drugs bust on Friday March 14.
PC Dave Malik, licensing officer for West Yorkshire Police, told the meeting: "This is one of the most outrageous and disgusting examples of running a licensed premises we have seen in not just Wakefield, but West Yorkshire.
A report to the meeting said that about 30 tablets thought to be ecstasy were found on a shelf in the shop's store room and a knuckle duster and home-made cosh were found behind the counter.
The man – who was arrested after the drugs bust in connection with possession of class A and class C drugs – is now on police bail.
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