On May 25th, according to Cnycentral, the Scottish police force teamed up with the North Ayrshire Trading Standards Office to crack down on the illegal sale of electronic cigarettes.
During a recent surprise inspection, law enforcers confiscated 839 illegal disposable e-cigarette products from a store. Some of the e-cigarettes were said to be capable of being used up to 9,000 times, which is 15 times the UK regulatory standard of 600 puffs and equivalent to approximately 720 cigarettes.
In early May, law enforcement officials seized nearly 700 illegal nicotine products from a store, including many counterfeit cigarettes and illegal nicotine pouches. In another raid, they confiscated nearly 400 products.
After a previous raid, officers of the Scottish Police Department stated that they will continue to work towards cracking down on the sale of these products.
He stated:
We will continue to collaborate with partner institutions to combat these actions.
They inspected the store's age verification program because members of the local community expressed concern to the police about an increase in young people obtaining e-cigarette products despite not being of legal purchasing age.
Reference:
Police Scotland has seized over 800 illegal vaping products from a shop in Irvine.
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