{"id":88440,"date":"2026-04-30T07:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=88440"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:01:55","slug":"organised-crime-gangs-using-vape-and-candy-shops-as-fronts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/30\/organised-crime-gangs-using-vape-and-candy-shops-as-fronts\/","title":{"rendered":"Organised crime gangs &#8216;using vape and candy shops as fronts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA221VTn.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Different flavours of vapes for sale in a shop (Jacob King\/PA Wire)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Organised crime groups are suspected of operating through as many as half of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/convenience-stores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">convenience stores<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/vape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">vape<\/a> retailers in some parts of the UK, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/organised-crime-gangs-using-vape-and-candy-shops-as-fronts\/ar-AA221Tdr?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69f2faf191314c21b2c28d78dbe80cc2&amp;ei=51\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Organised crime groups are suspected of operating through as many as half of\u00a0convenience stores\u00a0and\u00a0vape retailers in some parts of the UK, Read&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-88440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Flavoured-vape.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88441,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88440\/revisions\/88441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}