Almost 400,000 vapes were seized from three shipping containers.
The Australian Border Force has stopped $12.4 million worth of vapes from being smuggled into Australia through sea cargo containers.
A total of 37,800 disposable vape products were found concealed within declared goods on Monday, the ABF said.The Australian Border Force has stopped $12 million worth of vapes from being smuggled into Australia through sea cargo containers.Almost 400,000 vapes were seized from three shippin "The new border regulations have been in force for five months now, and we are certainly beginning to see the attempted concealments which these organised crime syndicates are employing," Patwardhan said.
"We know the same groups of people profiting from illicit tobacco are also diversifying into the distribution of vaping products.
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