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Drug dealers ‘took over a sweet shop to sell cannabis disguised as Skittles’
(SWNS)Drug dealers took over a sweet shop to sell cannabis disguised as packets of Skittles and Jelly Tots, a council heard.
Speedwell Mini Market in St George, Bristol, became a hub for organised crime with a gang using vulnerable children to ferry drugs around the city.
Councillors agreed with an application by Avon and Somerset Constabulary to revoke the shop’s licence.
She said the shop had little on the shelves, no backroom stock or staff rota and its hours were “erratic”.
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