RETAILERS across Sydney have been targeted in a joint operation to crack down on the illegal sale of vapes and other tobacco products.
NSW Health inspectors and NSW Police Officers, working with officers from the TGA, conducted 60 raids between 29 Jan and 02 Feb.
The most recent raids seized 30,000 nicotine e-cigarettes, 118,000 cigarettes, 45kg of flavoured and loose-leaf tobacco and 284 containers of nicotine pouches with an estimated street value of over $1.1 million.
NSW Health stated this brought the total estimated street value of the seized illegal products since 01 Jul 2020 to more than $31.6 million.
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