Police allegedly seize seven tonnes of illegal tobacco in raids across Victoria

Police have seized almost seven tonnes of illicit tobacco worth over $12 million dollars during a months-long operation in northern Victoria and Melbourne.Police have allegedly seized more than $12 million worth of illicit tobacco from properties in Melbourne and northern Victoria as part of a joint operation between Victoria Police and the Australian Taxation Office .

Detectives from Taskforce Lunar, which is targeting the disputes between organised crime gangs in the illegal tobacco trade, allegedly uncovered a seven-acre illicit tobacco crop at Arcadia they say would have generated almost $9 million in excise value if sold legally.Two large kilns were allegedly discovered at the Undera home, which investigators allege were used to dry illicit tobacco, along with almost two tonnes of product worth more than $3.5 million.

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