'Dangerous' illegal vapes worth £4,000 seized by Oldham police

Image courtesy of GMP

Local police officers confiscated £4,000 worth of illegal vapes from premises in Oldham yesterday (Monday).

A post on the GMP Oldham Central Facebook page read: "Yesterday PC Addison and Collins, working alongside colleagues from Oldham Council Trading Standards, visited 5 premises in Oldham and seized 465 dangerous illegal disposable vapes.

"The street value of these were around £4,000."

Meanwhile, last night police located a vehicle on cloned plates on Kirkstone Close in Higginshaw village.

The vehicle has now been recovered.

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