Products that fail fire safety checks, are counterfeit and breach laws protecting children targeted in raids in London
A rainbow of vapes and Apple-branded products light up the window of a south London shop as a small army of police prepare to march through the door.
Officers have been watching the shop for months and have already carried out tests in independent labs on products bought there. Most have come back with a high risk rate for possible electrocution and fires.
Many of the products are illegal, after a law passed in June banned the sale of single-use vapes, a move designed to combat environmental damage and their widespread use by children.
The shop is one of six electrical goods outlets, all within a short distance of each other in Lambeth, being targeted by a team of about 80 people from the Metropolitan police, HM Revenue and Customs, the local authority and Trading Standards.
