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‘No cigarettes Monday to Friday’: How criminals are evading tobacco inspectors

Regulators have issued closure orders to 48 stores as black-market operators move sales after hours and use runners to avoid inspections.

With a new crackdown by state licensing authorities, crime syndicates have moved to sell illicit cigarettes only outside business hours when inspectors are rostered off.

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‘No cigarettes Monday to Friday’: How criminals are evading tobacco inspectors

With a new crackdown by state licensing authorities, crime syndicates have moved to sell illicit cigarettes only outside business hours when inspectors are rostered off.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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