Trading officers seize £4k worth of illegal 'super vapes'
Trading officers have seized £4,000 worth of illegal 'super vapes' that give more than four times the amount of puffs as legal ones. Around 348 of the vapes were found in a shop on Notting Hill’s Portobello Road. Each vape carried up to 3,500 puffs, whileindicating a legal tank size of 2ml, exceeding the limit of 600 to 800 puffs per vape. Each illegal vape was being sold for £12, giving the shop a profit of around £2,700, ripping off honest customers. The total retail value was around £4,000. Kensington and Chelsea Council are now working with the business to ensure these dangerous products are not sold again. This year the team has seized around 1,100 illegal vapes, taking the total up to ...
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