Warning from police after two pupils get ill from suspected contaminated vapes
Lancashire Police have issued a warning after two pupils became ill after using illegal vapes.
Officers suspect the liquid or the vapes themselves may have been contaminated, and say the pupils experienced dizziness and heart palpitations. In one case a pupil lost consciousness, briefly.
The two, unconnected, incidents took place in Chorley and West Lancashire.
Safer Neighbourhoods Inspector, Jon Cisco, said: “The legal age to use vapes is 18 but we know that in some cases irresponsible retailers have failed to uphold this rule, selling vapes and vape products to children.
Not only is this illegal but it also presents a real health issue to young people who could become very unwell by these unregulated products.
Officers are now investigating the origins of the product, and are working with their partners and local schools to share intelligence.
They want anyone who has any information to contact them on 101, .