Two men have been issued a warning from Pembrokeshire County Council’s Trading Standards following sales of computer tablets falsely described as being 4G capable.

Darren Cummings and Glen Stevens from Reading were arrested by police on November 10 last year following complaints from three Haverfordwest business people who had earlier bought tablets and paid a total of £1,900.

Cummings allegedly claimed that Wi-Fi was not necessary and that the tablets were 4G capable.

Subsequent examination proved that neither claim was true.

When he demonstrated the tablets he immediately accessed the internet without connecting any device to them.

Unknown to the complainants, it is believed he used a pocket Wi-Fi dongle which allows several devices to be connected without any physical link.

Each tablet was supplied in a box together with a mains charger.

A sample charger was sent for testing by Public Protection Trading Standards and found to be dangerous.

Furthermore the tablets were branded ‘Asteroid’, yet there were Apple icons appearing on the box, thereby infringing Apple trademarks.

The tablets are believed to have originated from China.

Cummings said in an interview that he bought the tablets a few months previously from a customer and decided to sell them during a trip to Pembrokeshire to make some money for Christmas.

He agreed to voluntarily surrender for destruction the 22 tablets and associated accessories in his possession and to refund the money the pair received from the three sales.

The County Council’s Cabinet Member for Environmental and Regulatory Services, Councillor Huw George, said that Trading Standards were keen to warn the public about buying anything from cold callers He added: “Some goods may not be what they appear, they may not be safe and any redress is unlikely. Likewise cold callers who try to defraud the public will not be tolerated.”