Vape store issued closure order after illegal goods seized in raid
A Wiltshire vape store has been closed for three months after illegal tobacco and vapes were seized. Smoke City in Calne was raided by Wiltshire Police and Trading Standards officers in December after complaints of illegal tobacco being sold and products being sold to children. Officers seized 92 non-compliant vapes, 345 packets of cigarettes, and 87 pouches of hand rolling tobacco which were all found to be illegal. £3055 cash found in a rucksack was also seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. On Friday, January 24, the shop was slapped with a three-month closure order at Swindon Magistrates Court. During this time only habitual residents and authorised persons can enter the premises....
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