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Illicit tobacco crops worth more than $84m seized in raids near Murray River
Authorities say illicit tobacco crops seized and destroyed in raids on properties near the Murray River this month are among the biggest busts of their kind in Australia.
Key points:
- Illicit tobacco has been seized on three properties in the Swan Hill region
- Authorities estimate the tobacco seized was worth $84.3 million
- Each year, illicit tobacco takes $822 million out of Australia’s tax coffers
Officers from the multi-agency Illicit Tobacco Taskforce uncovered more than 40 hectares of the plant growing on properties either side of the Victoria-New South Wales border, near the regional centre of Swan Hill.
The tobacco’s potential value was estimated at $84.3 million.
More than 183 tonnes of tobacco was found in the first of three raids on a…
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