Police shut illegal tobacco shops in national crackdown

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 7 Oct, 07:19 · Archive

Police are shutting illegal tobacco shops as part of a national crackdown on black market cigarettes.

Police are conducting a widespread crackdown on illegal tobacco sales, with illegal shops being shut down as part of the national operation.

A senior member of a police taskforce involved in the enforcement has indicated that the black market cigarette trade continues despite these closures, suggesting the illegal trade is not slowing down in response to the clampdown.

How it is being reported

• Illegal tobacco shops shut amid national clamp downAmid a widespread crackdown on illegal tobacco, a senior police taskforce member says the black market cigarette trade doesn't appear to be slowing down.The West Australian · 7 Oct, 06:44
• Illegal tobacco shops shut amid national clamp downAmid a widespread crackdown on illegal tobacco, a senior police taskforce member says the black market cigarette trade doesn't appear to be slowing down.Perth Now · 7 Oct, 06:43

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