Trading officers have seized £4,000 worth of illegal ‘super vapes’ that give more than four times the amount of puffs as legal ones as fears grow that Britain’s schoolchildren may be being exposed to dangerous substances sold loosely in shops.
Around 348 of the vapes were found in a shop on Notting Hill’s Portobello Road.
Each vape carried up to 3,500 puffs, whilst indicating a legal tank size of 2ml, exceeding the limit of 600 to 800 puffs per vape.
Each illegal vape was being sold for £12, giving the shop a profit of around £2,700, ripping off honest customers. The total retail value…