4+ hour, 4+ 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, 8+ 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, 4+ 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, 6+ day ago   (332+ words) Two men have been charged and a third arrested over the alleged movement of millions in cash from Tasmania to Victoria, suspected illicit tobacco proceeds. Officers seized more than $2.5 million worth of tobacco product, over $1 million in cash, 9kg of silver…...