Oxford Street sweet shop caught selling magic mushrooms as police raid London store

A West End sweet shop has been shut down after it was found to be selling in a police raid.

The 'Londenero' shop on- formerly known as Gummylicious - was caught selling a range of items under the banner 'Hyper Products'. These included four Magic Mushroom cookies labelled 'Magic Dragon', and three other cookies bearing the name 'Game Over'. The operation - which forms part of a wider crackdown on 'American candy' outlets in the busy shopping district - came after .

The neighbouring ' shop' on Oxford Street, ran by the company '5IVESTAR Limited', was meanwhile to be found selling food products without English translations on the label.

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Unauthorised 'Hashish' and 'White Widow' CBD cookies were seized from the 'Harry Potter', shop previously known as Royal Britania, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard. The director of Londonero, Ahmad Yar Jan, appeared in court alongside another person linked to the adjacent wizard-themed shop ran by 5IVESTAR Limited.

Solicitor Kirsty Panton, for Westminster City Council, said the case concerned unauthorised novelty foods and products bearing non-English food labels. She said a food condemnation order for the distribution of unlicensed novelty goods related only to Londenero.

Matthew Nelson, Senior Environmental Health Officer at Westminster City Council, said he "found numerous products" in both shops that were "on sale with no English translation". He added that this "poses a health risk to any customer with potential allergies, or any customer wishing to read the nutritional declarations for certain health issues, such as diabetes."

Mr Nelson said that in the Harry Potter shop he identified a "cell" of CBD products not on the approved novelty registry for the Food Safety Act, while "magic mushroom cookies" were found in the the Londenero store. He added: "There is no transparency, we don't know where these products came from - there is no country or origin, no registered address for the manufacturer - which is legally required."

Mr Nelson said the company name on suspect products was 'Hyper Products', and told the court: "The company, when google searched, comes up completely blank - there is no information at all." The council official said he gave the companies three weeks to provide English-translated labels for the items, but received no response.

More than 3,000 products were seized from both shops - including seven magic mushroom cookies and "around 10" unlicensed CBD products. Packs of iilicit cigarettes - including from the knock-off '' brand - were also seized.

Londonero owner Mr Jan told the court he was not in the shop in the past few months because of a 'family matter'.

The businessman said he 'didn't know' how the magic mushroom cookies came to be in the store. District Judge Patricia Evans asked if he was happy for the council to destroy the items seized from his store.

Mr Jan replied: "Yeah, no problem." He was ordered to pay £2,760 to cover the council's costs, while 5IVESTAR LTD must pay £2664 in costs.