The London Borough of Newham organised a sting operation in a bid to tackle underage sales and knife crime. It followed complaints by residents who were concerned that young people were buying age-restricted goods.
The volunteer test purchaser went into two shops on 25 October, one of which sold him a knife with a retractable blade for £1.
He went on to buy two more knives from two more shops. All the targeted premises had previously been visited by trading standards officers, who gave the businesses an underage sales information pack and made them fully aware of the law in relation to selling age-restricted goods.
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