SocietyChina, Australia seize over 90 million cigarettes in joint probe

Chinese customs anti-smuggling authorities and the Australian Border Force seized more than 90 million smuggled cigarettes in a joint operation targeting a transnational network that concealed counterfeit tobacco among legitimate goods and routed it through China to Australia. Chinese authorities seized 32 million cigarettes, while Australian officials confiscated 60 million cigarettes and 60 kilograms of tobacco.

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CChina News Service★★★☆☆2026-08-20 07:20Original