The two masterminds behind WA’s biggest illicit cigarette importation have been …

The two masterminds behind WA’s biggest illicit cigarette importation have been jailed for nearly five years.
ABF officers at the Fremantle Container Examination Facility intercepted the 9.5 million cigarette consignment in a sea container from Vietnam in October 2018.
The attempt to evade some $8.5 million in Duty and GST came unstuck when anomalies were detected in an x-ray of the container and an ABF detector dog also gave a positive response for tobacco.
Today the WA District Court sentenced the two men, cousins aged 31 and 38, to four years and ten months jail, with a minimum term of two years. You can read more at: https://newsroom.abf.gov.au/releases/2de840ca-4e0c-4acd-b866-ca8e29590449