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Crackdown on chop chop

Mar 5, 2025 | This Week's Issue, Top Articles

Naracoorte business and home raided. By Nasik Swami: Is our usually quiet town turning into a hotspot for trading chop chop – illegal tobacco? Last week, South Australia Police (SAPOL) conducted searches at a home and business in Naracoorte, seizing around $1,000 worth of illicit tobacco. The home and business involved were not publicly identified. This police action was part of a broader crackdown on the illegal tobacco trade in the South East. Apart from Naracoorte, tobacconists, candy and gift shops, a commercial storage facility, and residential premises in Mount Gambier and Millicent were also searched. The Serious and Organised Crime Branch, Limestone Coast police, and Consumer and Business Affairs conducted searches on February 19 and 20, seizing nearly $800,000 worth of tobacco and $66,000 in cash. The raids, carried out across 10 properties, were part of Operation Eclipse. Is this just the beginning of the crackdown? That’s what this […]

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