A supermarket could have its licence revoked this afternoon for stocking illicit alcohol and tobacco.

E17 Supermarket in Higham Hill Road was also visited on during a council and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs officers in February.

Over 90 litres of wine, 14,080 cigarettes and 0.9kg of rolling tobacco was seized.

Licence holder, Cem Kaya has not produced any legitimate paperwork for the items since.

Mr Witham said: “An initial search of the premises revealed a small amount of hand rolling tobacco.

“However, a concealed store cupboard was eventually discovered containing cigarettes with foreign language health warnings and more hand rolling tobacco. Next to this cupboard was a large selection of Italian wines, typical of those being sold at two for £5, which it was suspected had not had duty paid on them.

“The licensing Service believes Mr Kaya has little regard for the promotion of the licensing objectives and the premises licence should be revoked.”

A hearing is being held in the town hall this afternoon.

The council's licensing committee could choose to revoke the licence to sell alcohol.

E17 Food and Wine in Hoe Street Walthamstow faced the licensing committee this morning but the council has not yet released results.