Trading Standards Seize Illegal Vapes In Milton

Kent Police have confirmed that a shop has been visited following concerns raised with the local beat officer in Milton Regis.

Earlier today (Friday 30th August) Kent Police conducted a joint visit, with Kent County Council Trading Standards, to a retail premises on Milton Regis High Street where a large quantity of illegal vapes and tobacco was seized.

The seizure of illegal vapes in the county has soared in the past three years according to recent figures, mainly due to illicit e-cigarette smuggling through the Port of Dover.

The UKVIA (UK Vaping Industry Association) is calling for fines to be raised to at least £10,000, which they believe "would be a real deterrent to the illegal trade in the UK".