7+ hour, 47+ min ago   (157+ words) A routine traffic stop near Bathurst has uncovered an illicit tobacco haul worth an estimated $266,000, leading to charges against a 63-year-old driver. Bathurst Highway Patrol officers pulled over a van on the Great Western Highway at Walang, about 20km east of…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (291+ words) More than 1.77 million illicit cigarettes and 4kg of MDMA have been seized in a week-long crackdown on tobacco and vape networks in WA and the NT. The Australian Border Force’s National Disruption Group led the operation, dubbed TEMPEST, between 24 and 29 August,…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (339+ words) Border Force has restrained a Bentley, two properties and eight bank accounts after seizing millions of illicit cigarettes from an alleged crime syndicate. An alleged transnational organised crime network suspected of running large-scale illicit tobacco imports into Australia has been…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (376+ words) A Senate inquiry has found that 80 per cent of tobacco consumed in Australia now comes from illegal sources, as retail groups urge the government to act on new report. Its recommendations include an immediate pause on further tobacco excise increases,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (315+ words) Australian and Chinese customs have busted a syndicate smuggling illicit tobacco worth $92m in evaded duty into Australia. The Australian Border Force (ABF) and China’s Anti-Smuggling Bureau of General Administration of China Customs (ASB) worked together on the operation, dubbed Project…...