If you ask domestic friends, what is the most expensive in Australia, half the friends will answer you, Australia`s cigarettes sell the most expensive! And the other half are not smokers!
Indeed, Australian cigarettes were sold at a high price, several times the price of the mainland, forcing many old Australian smokers to give up smoking.
On several occasions in the past two months, the news that cigarettes are smuggled into Perth is nothing more than an attempt to make a huge profit from the high price of cigarettes.
Indonesian flight attendants have been randomly checked into Western Australia Customs! Take the opportunity to go to the toilet and dump 10 cartons of cigarettes and immediately cancel the visa and be expelled.
Uncle WA, how dare you! On the blacklist, you still dare to bring a whole carton of cigarettes into the country privately, are you stupid as the customs?
However, there is always a danger in the face of huge amounts of violence!
Western Australia recently cracked a cigarette smuggling case, arresting a 28-year-old man living in Morley and seizing more than 9.5 million cigarettes, the largest ever tobacco smuggling in Western Australia.
The shipment was found last week at a container checkpoint at the Australian border inspection department`s Fremantle terminal. The container was filled with a total of 47500 cigarettes, about 9.5 million made in Southeast Asia.
On Nov. 2, border authorities searched two homes and tobacco stores in Morley, as well as a storage warehouse in Omo39 Connor. Another 31000 cigarettes were found, as well as many documents and electronic devices.
The 28-year-old man was arrested in one of the homes and charged with involvement in the illegal smuggling of tobacco products involving tax evasion of A $7.66 million.
West Australia`s ABF regional commander, Rod O, 39 / Donnell, said the big case would have a significant impact on the supply of illegal tobacco in Western Australia.
"this is the largest illicit cigarette seizure in Western Australia so far," said Rod O é n é 39 Donnell. Importantly, we have been able to stop tax losses of more than A $7.66 million. Illicit tobacco smuggling is an international problem, and most of the profits made by Australia in intercepting illegally sold cigarettes will be used to finance the fight against other criminal activities. "
The man will be tried further in order to understand the situation of the criminal gang as a whole. In Australia, the maximum penalty for tobacco smuggling is 10 years in prison and up to five times a tax evasion fine.
ABF calls on anyone who has information about illegal tobacco smuggling to contact Border Watch to report it via www.australia.gov.au/borderwatch, and you can fulfill your obligation anonymously.
