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New laws used to hit illicit tobacconists with 90-day closures, 148 stores shut in Qld

Authorities can now serve businesses with 90 day immediate closure notices. (Jeremy Cook)
By Tamsin Read

From Warwick to Kingaroy, the front doors of what authorities claim are high-street operations for organised crime were sealed this […]

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