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Grocery closed for selling tobacco products and expired foodstuff 

The Ras Al Khaimah Municipality on Sunday shut down a grocery shop and slapped Dh5,000 fine on its owner for selling illegal tobacco products, locally known us 'pan' and 'niswar' and expired foodstuff.

Huge quantities of expired foodstuff and packets of tobacco products were seized during the raid.

Adil Ali Al Deek, Head of the Environment and Health Department in RAK Municipality, said the municipal inspectors raided the grocery on Saturday evening after receiving a complaint from a local man who had been sold expired crisps by the grocery.

Residents of the area had also complained that the grocery was selling tobacco products to children.

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