It’s a health issue which is rapidly escalating. It’s affecting children as young as 11, with traders trying to hide the harmful products under floorboards.
The dodgy goods are flooding into Manchester Airport — with trading standards officers seizing more than 100,000 in the last year.
The issue is illegal vapes. And a new report has detailed how endemic the problem has become in Manchester. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...
just click here to give it a go. “The only area of increase in requests for service [of trading standards officers] relating to crime and disorder…was illicit tobacco/vapes,” the document says.
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