Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy

Illegal tobacco hidden in Chinese cargo

August 5, 2016 by admin News 0 comments

A Chinese national faces deportation or up to 10 years in jail for illegally importing tobacco and cigarettes hidden in air filters into Victoria.Shijun Ai faced the Victorian County Court on Friday, having earlier pleaded guilty to charges of illegally importing tobacco into Australia, possessing tobacco, and using a false passport.

Ai admitted importing 837 kilograms of tobacco in loose form and cigarettes found hidden in cargo shipped to Australia from China between 2014 and 2015.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/32248383/illegal-tobacco-hidden-in-chinese-cargo/#page1

Prev
Next

Related Posts

Illegal circulation of tax-free cigarettes surges in S. Korea
November 11, 2014

The illegal circulation of tax-free cigarettes on the domestic market has surged...

Assam Rifles, Customs seize cigarettes worth Rs 1.27 Crore from Teliamura
November 11, 2024

Agartala, 11th November 2024: Assam Rifles along with the Customs Department...

Fifty Thousand Packets of smuggled cigarettes found hidden in Campervan
March 2, 2016

OVER FIFTY THOUSAND packets of smuggled cigarettes with a value of €223,184 have...

How Aussies are buying illegal fake designer products from China that look exactly like the real thing – as one TikTok star boasts of spending $50,000 on counterfeit clothes
June 11, 2023

Aussie shoppers are turning to Chinese websites to buy fake brand name products...