£108 fine over counterfeit goods

A Spalding man has been fined for a host of charges relating to the illegal sale of cigarettes at a currently closed shop.

Ganjo Omer, of Spring Gardens, appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court earlier this month on the charges regarding the Baltic Shop on Winsover Road on December 12, 2023.
Omer pleaded guilty to having criminal property amounting to 8,000 cigarettes, 2,300 hand roll tobaccos and 89 illegal vapes.
He also admitted four counts of selling a total of 132 counterfeit cigarettes and two counts of selling a total of 41 counterfeit packets of tobacco.
Another charge he admitted relating to selling vapes that exceeded the legal limit of volume of two millilitres.
Five other charges which he’d pleaded not guilty to were dismissed as no evidence was offered.
Omer was fined £108, ordered to pay £349 costs and a £43 victim surcharge.
Baltic was one of the shops closed by a temporary closure order in February.
A police spokesman said: “Reports from the public can really help us crack down on illegal cigarettes and vapes in Lincolnshire. If you have any information, let us know.”