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A Devon shop selling vapes and drug paraphernalia to children has been ordered to close
Posted 27 July 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|South West
UPDATES: A Taunton shop has been closed for three months after Trading Standards and police uncovered underage vape sales, drug paraphernalia, illicit tobacco and non-compliant vapes, highlighting growing enforcement concern around products marketed to children and linked anti-social behaviour.
A shop which sold vapes and drug paraphernalia to children has been ordered to close following an investigation by Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service (HoTSW TS) and Avon and Somerset Police.
The European Shop in North Street, Taunton, was also discovered to be selling illicit tobacco, with a specially fabricated structure on the roof being used to deliver illegal items dire...
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