A man is facing charges following the execution of a search warrant on an illicit tobacco store in Maryborough on 14 August.
Central Goldfields Crime Investigation Unit detectives attended the store, inside a shopping complex, on Burke Street.
Investigators seized under warrant more than 21,000 illicit cigarettes, loose-leaf tobacco with a street value of about $25,000 and over 400 illegal vapes with a street value of approximately $20,000.
Total lost revenue for the government for the illegal import of these goods, is estimated to be $78,531 in tax avoidance.
A 24-year-old Maryborough man was arrested at the scene and interviewed by detectives.
He is expected to be charged on summons to attend Maryborough Magistrates’ Court at a later date.
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