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Trading Standards Wales News

Illegal tobacco and vapes seized in Monmouthshire during multi-agency operation

01/10/2025

Monmouthshire County Council’s Trading Standards have hosted a multi-agency operation to seize a significant quantity of illegal tobacco and vaping products from a retail premises in Abergavenny.

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29
Sep
2025

Trading Standards probe uncovers man described by judge as ‘the epitome of a rogue trader’

A 56-year-old Port Talbot based trader who carried out poor electrical and plumbing work, has pleaded guilty to undertaking a fraudulent business at Swansea Crown Court after an investigation by Neath Port Talbot Trading Standards.

17
Sep
2025

Multi-agency operation seizes vehicles, fake toys, illegal vapes and illicit cigarettes

Officers from the council’s Trading Standards and Waste Enforcement Teams working with South Wales Police carried out a series of raids following the receipt of intelligence received about the sale of illegal vapes and illicit tobacco and the disposal of associated business waste.

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