Hundreds of illegal and potentially dangerous vapes have been removed from shops across West Lothian.
The council’s trading standards team were able to confiscate the vaping and tobacco products after tips offs from members of the public.
These products are not registered with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), so have not passed through quality control processes, which means they could contain harmful chemicals or high levels of nicotine.
Craig Meek, Executive Councillor for Public and Community Safety, said: “Our dedicated trading standards team make every effort to protect West Lothian residents by making sure potentially dangerous items like this are not available for sale.
“It also prevents consumers buying potentially substandard products and stops money being diverted from legitimate local businesses selling genuine MHRA authorised products. “
