Legal cigarette sales jump 55 per cent in Queensland after black market crackdown
Legal cigarette sales rose sharply in Queensland after the state gained stronger powers to shut illegal shops, while…
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…
With almost 50 shops forced shut, can Perth’s vape crackdown dent a huge black market?
Almost 50 shops across suburban Perth have been taped up and plastered with large closed-for-business signs after being…
Illicit cigarettes, vapes, cash seized in raids on Canberra’s black market tobacco trade
More than 455,000 illicit cigarettes have been seized as part of a series of raids on Canberra retailers,…
WA government announces Department of Health taskforce to crack down on illicit tobacco trade
A taskforce will be assembled to combat Western Australia’s illicit tobacco market, with plans to pull retired and…
Nangs to be seized under new Queensland laws cracking down on sale of illegal tobacco and nicotine
Authorities will have the power to seize nangs found alongside illicit tobacco or nicotine products in Queensland, under…