PORTLAND, VIC. — Following an extensive investigation, Portland police executed a search warrant at a Percy Street, Portland convenience store on Thursday, November 5 and seized more than 10,000 cigarettes alleged to be illegal tobacco.
Officers seized the cigarettes in addition to vapes, two knives and a quantity of cash.
Police allege illicit tobacco was being sold or otherwise supplied from the store and two men were arrested following the execution of the warrant.
A 28-year-old Williams Landing man was charged with selling a commercial quantity of illicit tobacco and possessing cash suspected of being proceeds of crime.
He was bailed to appear before the Portland Magistrates’ Court on February 23, 2027.
The second man, a 30-year-old from Lara, was interviewed and released pending further investigation.
