Hundreds of illegal vapes have been seized during an operation in Nottingham. Trading Standards officers in the city bagged up the vast collection of vaping products from three separate shops.
Officers were joined by the Arboretum police team - conducting an operation as part of the Business Crime Week of Action over the week starting on October 17. They seized 384 disposable vapes as part of their operation.
The branded disposable vapes are illegal to sell, the force said in a post on social media on October 20. All of the products seized had above the maximum of 2 millilitres - which is the equivalent of approximately 600 puffs.
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The operation involved a number of premises across the city, and the illegal vapes were traded in three of the shops checked by officers. The shops have not been named.
Earlier this year in separate incidents, hundreds of illegal vapes worth thousands of pounds were seized - some of which contain five times the legal amount of nicotine and e-liquid. The average vape product carried up to 1,500 uses – the equivalent of smoking more than 50 cigarettes. One particular brand of the disposable, single-use vapes seized was equal to more than 100 cigarettes.
Back in April, Paul Dales, Chief Environmental Health Officer at Nottingham City Council, said: “Our officers found a wide range of non-compliant vaping devices, with both safety and health risks. While some people use vaping to quit smoking, there is a real risk that these products can attract young people into experimentation and addiction. The current craze with disposable, brightly-coloured and flavoured e-cigarettes can be child appealing and that is unacceptable.
“Parents may not realise their children are vaping these unsafe devices. They are attractively coloured and closely resemble highlighter pens or make-up products. They usually cost from £5 to £7 each.”
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