{"id":504410,"date":"2026-07-01T11:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504410\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:35:21","slug":"five-arrested-1-3-million-illegal-cigarettes-seized-in-major-illegal-tobacco-crackdown-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504410\/","title":{"rendered":"Five arrested, 1.3 million illegal cigarettes seized, in major illegal tobacco crackdown &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxPbG50ZG5MdjRLc2RRV3M5NFpRT3VIcVdTbnN1c0VMamRSMmhqSWY1NFktVTg0WHFBeW51TVZ3WlItbWtpWmRNaHYxZU56bFZPbzFidUlpMnNER1BLdXIzSXhBNXROVjM2Vlo0RGMtN2EzeDF0cGZJTDRpSXJyMlZmblNqX1ptYVZZb3RKUXVHenJuRUV0TEd4S2d1Y0gtNGhHOHZPa3FEZzJWakZFM3A5N0NkLXdfbWJ4dkpZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Five arrested, 1.3 million illegal cigarettes seized, in major illegal tobacco crackdown<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQRTRub3JnT3g5REl5d3Ztd0NGdlZiZjVUWmswaHlXQ2ZzOVJxU3duYU5DYVhMTXhuX3UyMGpFazh0cVpyMlNqbEsyMFJGVmZXdng1bzhTZS1QN1dtSDEtV3BhQXdVRlk2SG9nN2IxUURJOWlkUEhNMExTUGpEeFQ5RFozTjlTX2FyWDVtX0dQZmpnUHp3Vm1BUWFIV0Zvc2Q2Wmh0M1Y3OTdzLUdSSS1NZ2dR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RNZ investigation finds uranium, lead in black-market tobacco<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxNWDVOMzVQcHd6M0RzWnF3LUZQeUttV3M1UkJrMl9RQ1pSaEllYTFUU0hsVmRYTmNOTmROYmRMOGs1c1J3MklpLU5IOHc3WktVQ180NUxEUUVKNFIxY2hmajlRMlBLQnZ6ZUlUZlVYODh0T0JDNm9HdURKRkJiQUxxUVpRbnhCQ2VCcXViX3NNZEY0YzVweVRMcEJDUWFRQ0p5WUttRWY3NmNfUjJDR2I4R095dWJrWk5DNkhRUDZyakp2ajJZemk2RkFCMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Five arrested, 1.3m illegal cigarettes seized in North Island tobacco raids<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxPSVMzTXBJdjlMMDY4enpITFlhQk5SQ2JhSHU2UUNuNEc3cHdWOTAtQl9ZcXRnMWJYV2h1Y19VOGJwWF96QzVRTWZ6X05nTG9IWEJ2X19ZUGc3TDVSMWM3enAxOHNBbE9aX2kyZ2pLTEx3NXZkWU5KOE5zVk43RE51Tm9HRkdfTjllYkRFc3dvcE9lUlZvX0gzSGhyQ0pxQnRsNWRnaWRVSHQwZWNJN3Y5UFdzNTlnZXpBT25IUFlySFFvZi1tSEJFeURDQXJIeC1IMkxxRGlCZ1NaeTdON3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Huddle: Are we surprised about how much illicit tobacco is out there?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk ZB<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPZFNPUldSY2pvNmVGdWJxOFZ3Nk5kbHIwaGN3XzVLNzlHS0FRTjNZYUVsTGE1VVpGNF9uNElmUkhvMlpTZFBiSTBlYTM2ZnFiZ20tbFFfODN1aUY4bEd1dllnTmdUSTZwYkV4d2VyenFkcFhHdDE1TmNhM3pRVlQ4Y0owcFlOcnBxb1ZuMnZJc21BRkJDNmFFSnFzZmVRZXFKNjVZdkxXak90dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Waikato retailers among those busted for illegal ciggie sales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Waikato Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five arrested, 1.3 million illegal cigarettes seized, in major illegal tobacco crackdown&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffRNZ investigation finds uranium, lead in black-market&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1763,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-504410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-article","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}