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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Shop has licence revoked over 1,000 illegal vapes
A convenience shop has had its licence revoked after 1,000 illegal vapes were confiscated from its premises. Jordanthorpe Food & Wine, located on Dyche Lane in Sheffield, was initially visited by Trading Standards in 2023 over reports of vapes being sold to under-18s. After 1,176 illegal vapes were seized across multiple site visits, the shop was referred to the city council's licensing committee on grounds of preventing crime and protecting children from harm. The solicitor representing the shop's owner said he was sorry, and had been "naïve" to not realise the vapes, which had been sourced from wholesalers, were illegal. A Trading Standards report stated the seized vapes were not permitted for sale in the UK and were therefore "suspected to have been smuggled or illegally imported". "[They] should not be stocked in wholesale or retail premises for supply," it added. In February 2023, 468 illegal vapes were seized from the shop, followed by 466 more exactly one year later, and a further 242 confiscated in December 2024. A mystery shopper for Trading Standards was able to buy a vape for £10 in January, which the authority said showed the shop "had not listened to previous repeated requests to stop selling illegal vapes". Its most recent visit on 8 May found more illegal vapes and more than a dozen packets of illegal hand-rolled tobacco, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. South Yorkshire Police previously said the sale of illegal vapes was closely linked to organised crime gangs and urged the committee to revoke the store's licence. Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership labelled the shop as an "unsafe and criminal environment". The committee opted to revoke the licence following a short deliberation. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North National Trading Standards Call for council to take action over illegal vapes Millions of vapes seized in illegal trade crackdown 'I don't know what we'll do' - Vapers panic-buy ahead of disposables ban
BBC News
02-04-2025
- BBC News
Council urged to pull Sheffield shop licence over illegal vapes
A convenience store accused of "keeping smuggled goods" and selling vapes to children is having its license reviewed.A report detailed 1,176 illegal vapes seized from Jordanthorpe Food & Wine on Dyche Lane, Sheffield over the course of three visits by Trading Standards, after it received complaints about vapes being sold to under-18sThe report's publication comes ahead of Sheffield City Council's licensing committee meeting on 8 Yorkshire Police said the sale of illegal vapes is closely linked to organised crime gangs and urged the committee to revoke the store's license, with a safeguarding agency labelling it an "unsafe and criminal environment". Safeguarding concerns Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership (SCSP) called on the council to "take positive action to address the safeguarding concerns at this premises".In February 2023, 468 illegal vapes were seized, followed by a further 466 seized a year later, and a further 242 confiscated in December 2024.A mystery shopper for Trading Standards was also able to buy a Skittles-flavoured Hayati 5000 puff vape for £10 in January this year, despite the agency's requests for the shop to stop selling illegal report states: "The vapes seized on each occasion are suspected to have been smuggled or illegally imported, as they are not permitted to be sold in the UK."Trading Standards, SCSP and South Yorkshire Police have all recommended the sub-licensing committee revokes the shop's licence, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
