No date for post office reopening after arrests

PEOPLE can show their support for a main armed forces charity by recycling their poppies.

Sainsbury’s on Market Street in Huddersfield town centre will be providing a recycling service to support The Royal British Legion.

A poppy recycling box will be available at the Customer Service Desk at the store until November 30.

All collected poppies are broken down into their component parts and either recycled or re-purposed into new poppies.

Store manager Richard Cann said: “With this recycling initiative we wanted to show our customers another way they can support The Royal British Legion and make sure their poppies don’t go to waste.”

Sainsbury’s has supported The Royal British Legion for the last 23 years and in 2016 customers and staff helped raise over £3.2 million for the charity. A SUB-POST office raided by police as part of a £3 million county-wide money-laundering operation is still closed and shows no sign of reopening.

Salendine Nook Post Office on New Hey Road, Salendine Nook, shut on October 10 for what the Post Office described as “operational” reasons.

However, West Yorkshire Police then revealed the post office was linked to a series of raids in West and South Yorkshire. Postmaster Mohammed Khan was one of four people arrested during the operation.

Mr Khan previously told the Examiner that he intended to reopen the branch as soon as possible.

He said at the time: “I am very sympathetic towards my customers and absolutely understand the frustration they will have. I have been running the branch for four-and-a-half years and enjoy running my business and serving the local community.

“Please be assured I will be in touch as soon as I have an opening date. I am working as hard as possible to open this branch as soon as I can.”

A Post Office spokesman said this week: “The branch remains temporarily closed. We continue to look for a solution to reopen the branch and remain committed to providing services in the area.”

After our story about his arrest, Mr Khan’s brother, Yassar, said that none of the assets seized by police came from Salendine Nook Post Office.