7+ hour, 35+ 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…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (303+ words) Victoria’s illicit tobacco operators can now be shut down under tough new closure powers that came into effect this week. Tobacco Licensing Victoria (TLV) and Victoria Police have been granted the authority to close illegal tobacco businesses, with inspectors reportedly…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (487+ words) Retail workers in NSW will gain new legal protection from violent and abusive customers under laws to be introduced to state parliament in October. The Minns Government’s Workplace Protection Orders (WPOs) will let courts ban individuals aged 14 and over from…...

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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…...

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…...