Devon & Cornwall Police is one of six forces testing a new device invented by Professor Christopher Pudney at Bath University which rapidly tests vape fluids for the presence of Spice, a cheap to produce (by criminal gangs) but potent and potentially very harmful synthetic cannabinoid. 

Click the links below to the ITV News report to find out what his research has uncovered about the presence of Spice in vapes in schools.

View full article here: https://news.devon-cornwall.police.uk/news-article/96cf6c4d-904a-ef11-9d69-6045bdd24049

Watch the ITV report on ITVX (Wed 24 July 2024) here: https://www.itv.com/watch/news/childrens-vapes-being-spiked-with-spice-and-thc-and-ending-up-in-schools/30qnsh3

Read the ITV report, which covers other areas in the south west, here: https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2024-07-24/were-going-to-see-a-death-warning-as-vapes-spiked-with-spice-in-schools

More about the work that the Devon & Cornwall Police Child Centred Policing Team has been doing on secondary schools in Plymouth:

https://news.devon-cornwall.police.uk/news-article/09db7d2c-bbe6-ee11-9d62-6045bdd24049