'Immigration and money offences' at Hereford takeaway

A “multi-agency tasking and enforcement operation” was carried out at the Ruby Chinese takeaway in the city’s Union Street on April 11, according to a report by police licensing officer PC Dean Wall.

Police arrested five people for immigration offences and money laundering, and seized a “large sum of money” along with electronic devices and paperwork.

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PC Wall’s report has been put forward as the basis for a move to have the takeaway’s premises licence withdrawn.

“The employment of illegal immigrants and suspected money laundering offences are very serious, as a result the licensing objectives of the prevention of crime and disorder has been undermined,” his report says.

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More detailed evidence of the alleged officences will be provided in closed session at the review hearing to consider the licensing move, it adds.

A similar previous investigation in 2018 also highlighted immigration offences at the takeaway, leading to a two-month suspension of its licence.

Its owner Sinh Quang Tran was also ordered to pay more than £7,000 after being found to have housed a worker unsafely in a pantry with prison-like bars over the windows.