ABF continues to smash tobacco syndicates in Victoria
(WorldNews Politics)

18-08-2017 - Three linked Australian Border Force (ABF) operations have resulted in the arrests of five men for allegedly importing more than 14 million cigarettes into Melbourne. The ABF Tobacco Strike Team, with assistance from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) began investigating the individuals following earlier arrests by ABF of other syndicate members earlier this year. The men aged 23, 27, 29, 23 and 37 were arrested and charged with the importation of tobacco products, knowing that the goods were imported with the intention of defrauding revenue, in...