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Melbourne shopkeeper charged with selling e-cigarettes to children

Melbourne shopkeeper charged with selling e-cigarettes to children

2022-07-11

A shopkeeper in Melbourne, Australia, has been accused of selling e-cigarettes to children and seized nearly $30,000 worth of e-cigarettes.


Police raided the man's shop on Pitt Street in Eltham, north of Melbourne, on Wednesday after multiple reports that the shop was selling e-cigarettes to youths under 18.


Allegedly, the man was found to have no proper license to sell nicotine e-cigarettes at all.


Police seized 1,154 e-cigarettes worth nearly $30,000 from his store.


The 56-year-old Eltham man was arrested and charged with illegally selling e-cigarettes to minors, failing to hold a proper license to sell nicotine e-cigarettes and supplying nicotine e-cigarettes without authorization.


He was released on bail in October to appear at Heidelberg District Court.


Selling nicotine vaping products to someone under 18 without a valid prescription could equate to a fine of $18,492.


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