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Shopkeeper banned from selling vapes


A shopkeeper who sold vapes to youngsters has been given a 15-month ban

Richard Young

Posted 17 May 2024 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Vapes|Scotland


UPDATES: A Highland shopkeeper has been prohibited from selling vaping products after repeated underage sales, demonstrating how restriction orders are being used to tackle persistent offenders.

A shopkeeper who repeatedly sold vaping products to people under the age of 18 has been banned from selling vapes for 15 months following an investigation by Highland Council Trading Standards.

Along with two of his employees Adnan Abbas, who owns Vapecing Scot Ltd (trading as Vapecing) and Wow Mobile Ltd, both in Inverness, was found to have sold vapes to underage test purchasers on two ...

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