N.C. cites 20 clerks for selling tobacco to minors

Posted to: Crime News North Carolina

By Jim Washington
The Virginian-Pilot
© July 2, 2008

North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement agents cited 20 clerks in the northeast part of the state recently for selling tobacco to minors.

The citations follow an enforcement sweep of stores in Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Martin, Nash and Washington counties over the past three months.

Agents did a random check of 72 stores in the area, according to a press release from the state Department of Crime Control and Public Safety.

In North Carolina you must be 18 to buy tobacco products.

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