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Four stores fail beer compliance check

From a news release:

The Chattanooga Police Department Regulatory Bureau and the Hamilton County Anti-Drug Coalition conducted a series of alcohol sales compliance checks at several area convenience stores on March 5.

Police sent an 18-year-old buyer into 15 stores where she attempted to buy beer. Eleven stores passed the check and refused the sale. Four stores failed the check and will be cited to the beer board at a later date.

Stores that passed the check

Big H Food Store – 618 West 38th Street

Browns Ferry Quick stop – 301 Browns Ferry Rd

Kangaroo – 3740 Tennessee Ave

Kamboi’s – 4901 Bonny Oaks Drive

Mr. Zip – 6526 Bonny Oaks Drive

Mapco – 7401 Lee Highway

Rossville Blvd Convenience and Gas – 4510 Rossville Blvd

Star Discount Tobacco – 115 Browns Ferry Rd

Sunset Market #8 – 541 Browns Ferry Rd

Tobacco King – 4736 Highway 58

Tobacco Mart – 4850 Highway 58

Stores that sold to the underage buyer

JT McDaniel’s food mart and deli – 108 West 38th St

Kanku’s #5 – 702 Central Ave

Kanku’s Express – 2115 Dodds Ave

United Food and Gas – 2304 Shallowford Village Drive