
Police shut 67 tobacco stores in major crackdown
Victoria Police's VIPER Taskforce has shut down 67 tobacco stores across Victoria in just four weeks as part of a major crackdown on organised crime's illicit tobacco trade. The operation has seized more than two million illegal cigarettes, over 40,000 vapes, 120 kilograms of loose tobacco and more than $500,000 in cash from raids across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
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