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Gloucestershire TS seized 1,800 illegal vapes from a shop in its latest raid in the county
Posted 14 August 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Vapes|West Midlands
UPDATES: Gloucestershire Trading Standards has seized thousands of pounds' worth of illegal oversized and incorrectly labelled vaping products as part of an ongoing crackdown prompted by public intelligence and retailer non-compliance.
Gloucestershire County Council Trading Standards Officers have seized 1,800 illegal vapes with an estimated value of £9,000 from a shop in Gloucester.
The investigation was launched following a complaint from a member of the public, and when Officers visited the premises on Southgate Street on 8 August they found vapes with a capacity of considerably more than the 2ml legal limit. So...
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