A sweet shop located in the heart of London’s West End has been caught selling magic mushroom cookies after police were alerted to a tourist charged £899 for two bags of sweets.
The ‘Londenero’ shop – formerly known as Gummylicious – and located on 39BB Oxford Street, was raided by the Metropolitan Police following a complaint by a disgruntled customer who was charged nearly a grand for two packets of sweets.Â
Investigators from Westminster Council uncovered that the candy shop had been selling magic mushroom cookies, with four labelled ‘Magic Dragon’, while three other cookies were named ‘Game Over’.Â
Meanwhile, unlicensed ‘Hashish’ and ‘White Widow’ CBD products were also seized from the neighbouring ‘Harry Potter’ shop next door, a court has heard.Â
Ran by the company ‘5IVESTAR Limited’, the popular shop was found to be selling food products without English translations on the label.
It comes following the large-scale US style raid that took place on the sweet shop on the weekend of April 25 that revealed a hidden section leading to an underground tunnel that two staff members used to flee from police.Â
Police officers were shocked to discover a hidden part of the store, tucked away behind a camouflaged wall adorned with bags in the basement.
The ‘Londenero’ shop (pictured) – formerly known as Gummylicious – and located on Oxford Street, has been caught selling magic mushroom cookies after police were alerted to a tourist charged £899 for two bags of sweets
Investigators from Westminster Council uncovered that the candy shop had been selling magic mushroom cookies, with four labelled ‘Magic Dragon’, while three other cookies were named ‘Game Over’
Ran by the company ‘5IVESTAR Limited’, the popular shop was found selling food products without English translations on the label (Pictured: magic mushrooms found to be on sale)
 Bodycam footage shows a covert part of the store rammed with thousands of alleged thousands of alleged counterfeit items, totaling to a ‘street value’ of around £80,000.
Whilst extensively patrolling the scene, the officer discovered a secret tunnel from which two shop assistants fled, avoiding capture, according to the Evening Standard.
The raid was understood to be the largest impounded haul of suspected fake and unsafe goods on Oxford Street so far, with more than 3,000 products seized from both shops – including seven magic mushroom cookies and ‘around 10’ unlicensed CBD products.
The thousands of items included American food, cigarettes, single use vapes, nicotine pouches, heated tobacco and travel adaptors as well as power banks.Â
Now, the director of the 399B store, Ahmad Yar Jan, has appeared in court alongside an unnamed individual linked to the adjacent wizard-themed shop ran by 5IVESTAR Limited.
Solicitor Kirsty Panton, for Westminster City Council, said the case concerned unauthorised novelty foods and products bearing non-English food labels.
She made clear a food condemnation order for the distribution of unlicensed novelty goods related only to Londenero.
Unlicensed ‘Hashish’ and ‘White Widow’ CBD products were also seized from the neighbouring ‘ Harry Potter ’ shop next door, a court heard
Pictured: seized CBD products. Appearing in court, Matthew Nelson, Senior Environmental Health Officer at Westminster City Council, said that in the Harry Potter shop he identified a ‘cell’ of CBD products not on the approved novelty registry for the Food Safety Act
 Matthew Nelson, Senior Environmental Health Officer at Westminster City Council, said he ‘found numerous products (in both shops) that were on sale with no English translation.
‘(This) poses a health risk to any customer with potential allergies, or any customer wishing to read the nutritional declarations for certain health issues, such as Diabetes.’
Mr Nelson said that in the Harry Potter shop he identified a ‘cell’ of CBD products not on the approved novelty registry for the Food Safety Act.
Meanwhile, in the popular US sweet shop, ‘magic mushroom cookies’ were discovered.
He added: ‘There is no transparency, we don’t know where these products came from – there is no country or origin, no registered address for the manufacturer – which is legally required.’Â
The company name attached to the suspected ‘Hyper Products’, was also alleged by Mr Nelson to come up ‘completely blank’ when google searched, with ‘no information at all’ available.
Mr Nelson said he gave the companies ‘three weeks to provide English-translated labels for the items’ but received no response.
It comes following a large-scale US style raid that took place on the sweet shop on the weekend of April 25. Pictured: Countless seized cigarettes tucked away in a drawer, found during the raid
The raid was understood to be the largest impounded haul of suspected fake and unsafe goods on Oxford Street so far, with more than 3,000 products seized from both shopsÂ
Pictured: alleged counterfeit cigarettes on a shelf discovered during the raid on the sweet shop. The owner of the sweet store, Ahmad Yar Jan, was ordered to pay £2,760 to cover the council’s costs while 5IVESTAR LTD must pay £2664 in costs
However, Mr Jan told the court he had not been in the shop over the past few months because of a ‘family matter’ and that he ‘didn’t know’ how the magic mushroom cookies came to be in the store.
District Judge Patricia Evans asked the businessman if he was happy for the council to destroy the items seized from his store.
Mr Jan replied: “Yeah, no problem.”
He was ordered to pay £2,760 to cover the council’s costs while 5IVESTAR LTD must pay £2664 in costs.Â
Regarding the significant raid of the once much-loved sweet shop, Councillor Adam Hug, leader of Westminster City Council, said: ‘We have known for a long time that US candy stores rip off customers, but charging £900 for two packets of sweets is a new low, even for the unscrupulous people who run these rackets.
‘Our job is to protect people who visit the West End from being exploited and continuing raids and court appearances will ensure life is sour for the rogue US sweet shop trade.
‘Hopefully, the fall in the number of US candy and souvenir shops means the tide is going out on this tatty trade.’
It comes as the number of mixed candy and souvenir stores on Oxford Street has declined from 40 to 18 since the pandemic, as of March 2025.
Trading standards officers have seized more than £1 million in fake and unsafe goods over the past two years.
Westminster City Council has since led a series of successful court actions against candy and souvenir stores to recover unpaid business rates.
