E-cigarettes seized at two schools this month did not contain drugs, police announced.

A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service said that devices confiscated at Dellwood Middle School and CedarBridge Academy “do not contain any nicotine, tobacco or other controlled substances — nor can they be easily converted to consume other substances”.

The spokesman explained the service “is aware of the concerns that this matter has raised in the community” and will be speaking at the affected schools.

Police said this month that staff at the two schools “reported confiscating a quantity of e-cigarette-type devices that were allegedly being sold by one student at each school to their respective peers”.

The devices are designed to heat a liquid until it is vaporised and can be inhaled.

The liquid often contains nicotine, as well as flavours and other additives.