Border Force agents seize more than 1.7 million cigarettes, thousands of vapes in joint WA, NT raids
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has seized more than a million illegal cigarettes and vapes in a series…
Border Force seizes foreign fishing boat and detains crew off Far North Queensland
Australian Border Force (ABF) has seized a suspected foreign fishing boat off Queensland’s northern tip and detained its…
Police seize tobacco, firearms, silver, gold in joint Victorian, Tasmanian police operation
Two men have been charged and one arrested after a joint police investigation into the alleged movement of…
Australia is divided over how to tackle its illegal tobacco crisis
When the Australian Bureau of Statistics released data on tobacco consumption earlier this year, it made headlines. It…
Digital arrival cards for international travellers to roll out more widely
A digital alternative to incoming passenger cards filled out by everyone entering Australia is set to be rolled…
ISIS-linked woman barred from Australia tried to board flight
An Australian woman with links to ISIS, who is barred from Australia on a temporary exclusion order, tried…
Australia to toughen tobacco crime laws as cigarette and vape black markets surge
Criminal gangs cashing in on Australia’s illicit tobacco boom will face tougher penalties and expanded police surveillance powers…
Australian Border Force intercepts 150,000 units of melatonin amid crackdown on unregulated products
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has intercepted the equivalent of thousands of bottles of melatonin in four months,…
Australian crime syndicates using fake tobacco packaging to flood legal market
Australian crime syndicates are using fake plain packaging — mass produced out of Chinese factories — to legitimise…
ABF intercept illegal fishers in Cape York river according to eyewitnesses
An illegal foreign fishing vessel and nine men have been intercepted by Australian Border Force (ABF) off the…
Flotilla of foreign fishing boats spotted in Torres Strait waters
Graham Kerridge says he was at the helm of a helicopter over Australian waters when he spotted a…
Police say there was ‘serious, imminent risk’ of child kidnapping in Perth by Jason William Forbes
Children in Perth were at a “serious and imminent” risk of being kidnapped by a man who planned…