Border Force seizes 1.7m cigarettes, thousands of vapes in WA, NT raids | ABC NEWS
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More than a dozen businesses in the Top End have been raided as part of a major illegal tobacco bust, from car yards and clothing stores to grocers and petrol stations. During a six-day blitz, authorities say they seized more than 300,000 illegal cigarettes and 1,500 vapes in the fourth major operation aimed at disrupting the Territory's black-market trade. Courtney Barrett-Peters has this report for ABC News Northern Territory. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/wa-nt-illegal-cigarettes-tobacco-vapes-raids-police-border-force/107127594 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #ABCNewsNT
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