A TAKEAWAY pizza restaurant in the town centre could be ordered to shut down after it emerged that the man in charge was working illegally in the UK.

Super Pizza in Fleet Street was visited by Wiltshire Police licensing officers on July 22.

In addition to discovering that the boss was being employed illegally, the team has also raised concerns about the restaurant’s adherence with the conditions of its licence that relate to security.

The inspection came about after it emerged that there was no SIA-registered door supervisor on site during late night hours.

Due to the restaurant’s location at the heart of the town centre near to late night bars and clubs, it required to have suitable security in place from 10pm until 2am.

Officers had visited the premises back in June where the absence of a doorman was first noted.

On that occasion, the premises licence holder, Suliman Aruby, told the police that his regular staff member was taking the night off due to it being Ramadan and that he “had no intention of replacing him for the night.”

A formal warning letter was issued on that occasion reminding Mr Aruby of his licensing obligations.

But a month later, after noticing that the letter hadn’t made any difference, the inspection team returned.

This time not only did they confirm that the restaurant still wasn’t meeting its security requirements, they also discovered that one of the employees - the manager, Waseem Gul - was working in the UK illegally.

After making checks with the Home Office, officers arrested Gul.

He was initially taken into police custody and is now believed to be being held in an immigration removal centre awaiting removal from the UK.

Checks on the CCTV system in use also revealed that it was not fit for purpose and only stored recordings for 14 days, a further breach of the licensing conditions.

Later today, a panel made up of councillors will meet at the Civic Offices in Euclid Street to determine what action to take against Mr Aruby.

They have a number of options open to them including but not limited to the full revocation of Super Pizza’s licence.