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(From Off Licence News)

It's lucky for Scottish retailers that they will find out immediately whether they've passed or failed a test purchase (OLN, Jan 11).

I've recently retired from retail after more than 20 years in the trade, and recent years have been made a misery by an increasing number of test purchases and police "popping in" to "see how things are". We were caught out in a sting once, due to an ...

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