A "large quantity" of illegal e-cigarettes have been seized from a Merseyside vape shop.
Earlier this year, as part of ongoing work to tackle illicit tobacco sales in St Helens town centre, residents raised concerns that a specialist vape shop was selling vapes containing too much nicotine liquid as well as selling vapes to children under the age of 18.
Officers from St Helens Borough Council Trading Standards found that the store was offering disposable vapes online which contained "far more" than the 2ml of e-liquid permitted. But whilst the illegal vapes were removed from online following advice, the shop continued to sell oversize disposable vapes containing the same amount of nicotine as around 15 packets of cigarettes from in store.
