Allegations against Magazin Timisoara, which also trades as Sam’s and now Jaff, in Hereford's Commercial Road, include drug dealing and buying goods from known shoplifters, although a spokesperson for the business said the alleged offences took place before the current ownership. The issues with the shop’s licence initially appeared to related mainly to the display of spirits – though local fire safety inspector Charly Perkins said numerous fire safety issues raised with the owner Hemen Hassan remained unaddressed. Letters should not exceed 250 words and local issues take precedence. Last year there were also police investigations of “thefts, criminal damage, threats to kill, public order, racial abuse”, many resulting in criminal investigations, he added. And while shop staff have on occasion been victims of worse-for-wear customers, “there are concerns in the level of aggression and behaviour displayed by staff towards the suspects of the offences, which have either caused or escalated the situation”.