Monday,
9 June 2025
ATO, police seize North East tobacco crop

THE Australian Taxation Office (ATO), with support from Victoria Police, has seized and destroyed more than 20-tonne of illicit tobacco from a property northeast of Shepparton.

A search warrant was executed last Thursday and revealed a mature tobacco crop spanning nearly six acres.

Officers also seized several trays of tobacco seedlings from the property.

The estimated excise value of the illicit to...

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