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Salford Trading Standards has seized more than 77,000 illegal vaping devices in a single raid
Posted 03 October 2022 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|North West
UPDATES: Salford Trading Standards has seized a record haul of illegal vaping products, demonstrating the scale of illicit sales and the growing enforcement response to non-compliant devices.
Officers from Salford City Council Trading Standards have seized more than 77,000 illegal vapes and e-cigarettes in a single raid of a business in the Broughton area of the city.
Subsequent tests found many of the devices to be unsafe, with many others being counterfeits of recognised brands. A number of criminal and financial investigations into proceeds of crime relating to the find are...
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