BRISBANE, Queensland, May 29 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
Treasurer, Minister for Energy and Minister for Home Ownership
The Honourable David Janetzki
Crisafulli Government turns up heat on illegal tobacco traders
* SPER officers execute warrants on 17 illegal tobacco operators who refused to pay their fines.
* $468k in cash and fine payments seized duringSPER operations.
* Unpaid fines and penalties collected from illegal tobacco operators now total $5.4 million.
The Crisafulli Government has seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash as it continues its crackdown on illegal tobacco traders in a series of targeted raids.
Officers from the State Penalties Enforcement Registry (SPER) seized ...