CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Editor's note: Footage and images of the arrest and seizure are available via Hightail.
Three members of one family are expected to face Perth Magistrates Court today (16 January, 2026) charged over their alleged roles in a crime group involved in the large-scale supply of illicit tobacco and vapes.
A woman, 47, her father, 68, and her son-in-law, 26, were arrested after the AFP seized about $1 million in cash and about five tonnes of tobacco products, including almost 30,000 vapes, yesterday (15 January, 2026).
The AFP executed multiple search warrants at homes, storage units and a tobacconist across Perth's southern suburbs and the South-West yeste...