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Bogus barbers, sweet shops, and vape stores are being targeted in a fresh crackdown on both illegal working and serious criminal organizations using the high street as a front for criminal activity.

Officers from the Constabulary’s Foreign National Offender (FNO) Unit and Protecting Vulnerable People Exploitation Teams (PVPE) joined immigration, HMRC, and Trading Standards colleagues in targeting stores across Warrington linked to immigration crime and the sale of illegal tobacco, vapes, and cigarettes.

New vape-spiking detection equipment is being employed in a crackdown across London, with operations targeting bars, clubs, and party boats.

The European Commission has delayed action on tobacco and nicotine, but countries say it should consider a ban on flavored vapes.