A shisha lounge in Park Royal and its owner have been prosecuted for breaking the law for a second time in less than a year.
Despite warnings from Ealing Council officers, Huqqa Lounge in Coronation Road continued to serve shisha to customers to smoke in enclosed spaces which is illegal.
Both the director of the shisha lounge and restaurant Salman Al-Mutteri, of Falcondale Court in Park Royal and the company which owns it CR335 Limited were ordered to pay £6,980.20 when it came to court on 26 November 2024 at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court.
In February 2024, Mr Al-Mutteri and CR335 Limited were found guilt of the same offence and were ordered to pay a total of £5,400.
According to Ealing Council, following the February 2024 conviction, council and police officers visited to the business in April 2024 and discovered customers were openly smoking shisha in enclosed spaces. The council said the venue was breaching the Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations 2006.
Councillor Kamaljit Nagpal, the council’s cabinet member for decent living incomes, said: “Cracking down on rogue shisha operators is just one of the ways we are working to keep our residents safe and healthy.”
Councillor Nagpal added: “This is our 16th successful prosecution of an illegally operating shisha lounge in the last 3 years. Businesses have a responsibility towards their customers, and those failing to meet their health and safety obligations should know that we will always take the strongest possible measures to being them into line with the law.”
