Ramzan Iqbal, 54, the owner of Pont News, Pontllanfraith, Blackwood sold a vape to a child (Image: PA)
A GWENT shop owner has been fined £1,250 after he was caught selling a vape to a child.
Ramzan Iqbal, 54, the owner of Pont News, Pontllanfraith, Blackwood was prosecuted following a Caerphilly council trading standards investigation.
He admitted selling a Lost Mary watermelon flavoured vape to a customer aged under 18 on January 19.
At Cwmbran Magistrates' Court, Iqbal, of Cae Llwyndu, Nelson, Caerphilly was also ordered to pay £740 costs and a £480 surcharge.
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