Thousands of illegal vapes and cigarettes were seized by police in Liverpool city centre.
Inspectors from Liverpool Council's Alcohol and Tobacco Unit teamed up with Trading Standards and Merseyside Police on Friday in pursuit of mobile phones which had recently been stolen in the city. They decided to focus their attention on the London Road and Ropewalks areas of the city where they found ten stolen phones for sale in a number of different shops.
The shops were also caught selling a haul of counterfeit goods including £15,000 worth of fake Apple phone cases and thousands of illegal vapes and cigarettes. Police are now trying to trace the stolen mobile phones back to their rightful owners.
