Illegal vapes and cigarettes have been seized in an operation in two Suffolk towns.
Suffolk Trading Standards carried out the operation in Ipswich and Stowmarket on Tuesday.
Vapes offering as many as 9,000 puffs were found in both stores. A legal vape would offer 600 puffs.
In Ipswich, 32 packs of illegal hand-rolling tobacco were seized, as well as 92 packets of illegal cigarettes and 157 non-compliant vapes.
Officers seized 95 packs of illegal hand-rolling tobacco from the store in Stowmarket, as well 92 packets of illegal cigarettes.
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About 157 non-compliant vapes were also taken away.
A spokesman for Suffolk Trading Standards said: "All the tobacco products are suspected to be illegally imported into the UK without duty being paid and do not comply with the legal packaging and labelling requirements.
"Several of them are also suspected to be counterfeits of popular brands.
"The seized products will now be fully assessed as part of the investigations to determine the exact offences that have been committed, and the action that will be taken."
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