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Closed Aberdeen legal highs shop available for lease

The former Harminasion shop
The former Harminasion shop

A controversial former legal high shop in Aberdeen is on the market.

Harminasion on George Street was shut after police applied for an antisocial behaviour closure order in June.

The owners, who have now moved to another shop under the same name on King Street, had pledged to reopen the original store.

But now it has emerged the property is back on the leasing market.

In September, city council chiefs in Aberdeen announced they had adopted a new tactic in their battle to crack down on businesses believed to be selling psychoactive substances.

The local authority will now identify and write to the owners of the stores, urging them to terminate their lease with those selling the drugs.

Last night, councillor Ross Thomson, who has been a long-term vocal opponent of legal highs, welcomed the news.

He said: “First of all the fact there’s a new let sign in the business is really good news for local residents in that area.

“The residents of George Street have experienced so much antisocial behaviour as a result of the shop, I’m sure they will be delighted to see a new business in its place.

“I hope that there is a new business and not another legal highs, or head shop. Hopefully, it’s something respectable which will encourage people to come to the street.”

Medics at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary reported in July that they were treating someone every day for the after-effects of taking over-the-counter psychoactive substances.

Meanwhile, a petition against legal highs and associated shops started by Mr Thomson, has garnered more than 800 signatures.

He added: “We need to make sure all head shops are shut down so we can get these lethal substances off the high street.”

The petition will be discussed at the next meeting of the petitions committee in January.