According to a report by Westmercia on July 17th, in a joint operation on Wednesday (17th), the Worcestershire Malvern Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) collaborated with Worcestershire Trading Standards to confiscate illegal e-cigarettes and counterfeit cigarettes worth approximately £8,500 from a store in Malvern. Some of the e-cigarette products had the "HAYATI" label.
Police officers visited the "Yellow Shop" on Graham Road and found illegal products being sold in the store, which were later seized by officials from the Trade Standards Bureau.
They seized illegal e-cigarettes worth approximately £1,750 and illegal tobacco and counterfeit cigarettes worth around £6,700.
SNT Chief Geraint Perkins stated,
According to community concerns, we conducted a highly successful joint operation, seizing various illegal cigarettes and e-cigarettes, disrupting criminal activities and ensuring the safety of our community.
The sale of counterfeit cigarettes and illegal e-cigarettes is linked to organized criminal gangs. We will not tolerate any criminal activity in our region, and urge anyone with pertinent information to report it through our website's 'Crime Reporting' feature.
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