A HAUL of suspected illegal tobacco and vapes valued at around £166,000 have been seized in the South Hams.
Trading Standards, assisted by the local neighbourhood policing team, found more than 18,000 suspected illegal tobacco products and 2,000 vapes in an undisclosed rural location near Totnes.
The goods seized included a number of suspected counterfeit products, nonduty paid tobacco and non-UK compliant vapes.
It is illegal to sell any of the items but its feared they would be targeted at under-age children.
Inspector Ben Shardlow, who heads up the neighbourhood police teams in South Hams, said: “These illegal goods do not go through regulated safety testing and quality control procedures like the legal products that are sold in the UK do, which means we don’t know what’s in them.
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