Australian Border Force smashes tobacco smuggling ring
The Australian Border Force’s (ABF) Tobacco Strike Team and the Australian Federal Police led multi-agency Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has this week dismantled another tobacco smuggling syndicate following an operation in Melbourne.The Tobacco Strike Team executed search warrants in Bundoora, Campbellfield, Tullamarine and in the Melbourne CBD, seizing 13 million smuggled cigarettes, more than eight tonnes of loose leaf tobacco and $1.7 million in cash.
http://newsroom.border.gov.au/releases/australian-border-force-smashes-tobacco-smuggling-ring
Related Posts
Counterfeiting takes toll on economy
January 13, 2015
The business community has called for closer collaboration with regulatory...
Vaporizer manufacturer, Grenco Science, awarded $47 million in damages from fake counterfeits
April 11, 2017
Counterfeit products run rampant in almost all categories of commerce. Clothing,...
Man held for printing fake currency in Haryana”s Sirsa
September 4, 2020
The Haryana Police on Wednesday said they have arrested a man from Sirsa district...
Real or Fake? Consumers Can Now Tell
June 17, 2015
Belgian label producer Reynders has teamed up with ScanTrust, based in Lausanne,...
