£166,000 worth of suspected illegal tobacco and vapes have been seized by Trading Standards in a joint operation with Devon & Cornwall Police in South Devon recently.
Trading Standards, assisted by the local neighbourhood policing team, located and seized over 18,000 suspected illegal tobacco products and 2,000 illegal vapes from a rural location in South Hams.
To mark World No Tobacco Day (Sun 31 May) Public Health and Trading Standards across Devon and Somerset are highlighting their work against the sale of illegal tobacco products in our communities, which is the theme of the day this year.
Illegal tobacco continues to be a major problem in the county, with the majority being offered for sale from private homes and through Facebook. In...
The battle lines have been drawn as Plymouth’s two universities go head to head on the sports fields for the annual Varsity.
Competition between Plymouth University and UCP Marjon kicked off with the aquatic sports and the traditional rugby rivalry at Brickfields Lane, home to Plymouth Albion Rugby Club.
