Published on Friday 22 August 2025 at 10:28 am
A Blackburn businessman has been sentenced following a major operation that uncovered almost 40,000 illegal vapes and thousands of counterfeit products.
Filed under: Adams Global Ltd | Ayub Adam | Blackburn | council | Councillor Jim Smith | Counterfeit goods | Glenfield Business Park | Illegal vapes | Illicit | Police | trading standards | vapes
Published on Friday 20 June 2025 at 3:58 pm
A Trading Standards operation targeting specific businesses and residential homes took place last week, leading to a significant seizure of illegal products.
Filed under: cigarettes | council | Councillor Jim Smith | illegal | Illicit | Investigation | Operation | Raid | tobacco | trading standards | vapes
Published on Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 10:31 am
In an operation conducted by the council’s Trading Standards team last week with support from the police, a large number of illegal goods were found.
Filed under: Blackburn | cigarettes | Citizens Advice | Councillor | Councillor Jim Smith | HMRC | illegal | Operation | Police | tobacco | trading standards | vapes
Published on Wednesday 12 February 2025 at 3:25 pm
Trading Standards raided two premises in a joint operation with Blackburn and Darwen Police recently, in a bid to tackle the sale of any illicit vapes in the borough.
Filed under: Councillor Jim Smith | illegal | Illicit | Jim Smith | Police | public protection | trading standards | vapes | video | youtube
Published on Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 9:35 am
Blackburn with Darwen borough council Trading Standards team have been busy putting put premises to the test when it comes to vapes, by undertaking two separate operations to tackle the sale of underage and illegal vapes.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | health | public health | trading standards | vapes | Vaping
Published on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 10:53 am
Over 40,000 illegal vapes with a street value of £420,000 have been seized by the Council’s trading standards officers, supported by police.
Filed under: Blackburn | illegal | trading standards | vapes | Whitebirk
