An Oxford Street candy store where a customer was charged £899 for two packs of sweets has been caught selling magic mushroom cookies.
The 'Londenero' shop was raided following a complaint by the disgruntled tourist over being overcharged.
Investigators from Westminster Council discovered the candy shop had been selling magic mushroom cookies, with four labelled 'Magic Dragon', while three other cookies were named 'Game Over'.
Meanwhile, unlicensed 'Hashish' and 'White Widow' CBD products were also seized from the ‘Harry Potter’ shop next door.
It comes after record haul of suspected fake goods was uncovered in a raid on Londenero by council officers on April 25.
Two shop assistants fled downstairs and avoided capture by using a secret exit - hidden behind a panel in the basement wall - to escape back up to street level.
But they ended up leading officers to discover a hidden room in which thousands of apparently counterfeit goods were discovered.
The raid brought in the biggest-ever haul of suspected fake goods from a store in Oxford Street, with the items having a “street value” of about £80,000.
Westminster City Council, brought a case a following the discoveries of the cookies and CBD goods based on unauthorised foods and products bearing non-English food labels.
The director of the 399B store, Ahmad Yar Jan, told the court he was happy for the goods to be detroyed by the council.
He was ordered to pay £2,760 to cover the council's costs while 5IVESTAR LTD must pay £2664 in costs.
Removing the US-style candy stores, many of which also sell poor-quality souvenirs, from Oxford Street is one of the council’s priorities as it attempts to restore the fortunes of the UK’s most famous high street.
Adam Hug, Labour leader of Westminster City Council, said: ““It is rather ironic that a shop calling itself a Harry Potter store appears to have been selling products that claim they would get the user higher than a quidditch player.
“The food products here were part of a raid at two addresses on Oxford Street which have taken thousands of items worth £80,000 off the streets.
“One of these “magic cookies” products was labelled game over – however the only game over will be for unscrupulous traders who sell illegal goods to the public."
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.
