Men prosecuted for selling illegal vapes

TWO men have been prosecuted after more than 300 illegal vapes were found in North East Lincolnshire.

- By MARK PAGE

They were discovered as part of raids carried out by the council's Trading Standards Team and Humberside Police in the area.

Some of the counterfeit products were seized after being found in a car during a routine traffic stop by police and the others during a raid on a premises in Freeman Street.

Two men later admitted a total of four offences at Grimsby Magistrates' Court in separate cases. They were fined a total of £3,279.

Amir Jihingir Hussein, 33, of Boulevard Avenue, Grimsby, was ordered to pay a fine of £230, government surcharge of £92 and prosecution costs of £1,315. He pleaded guilty to three offences relating to possession of 20,000 counterfeit cigarettes and 160 illegal oversized vaping bars at a hearing on Thursday, September 11.