Border Force officers, backed by SA Police, hit tobacconists, delis and a hairdresser across Gawler South, Murray Bridge, Elizabeth East and Seaton on 8 September. Three days later they went through a home and the shop attached to it in Flinders Park. All up, authorities say they seized 586,239 cigarettes, 194.5kg of loose leaf tobacco and $66,566 in cash.
Three men have been arrested, and Border Force says they're allegedly part of a South Australian illicit tobacco network, in a trade police say feeds organised crime. What happened at one Elizabeth East shop when officers walked in, and what's inside the Flinders Park haul, is below.
