00:00Cracking down on illegal smokes.
00:05The government showing its latest haul of illicit tobacco and vapes from a raid in the
00:10Mid North.
00:11We are determined to ensure that South Australia is the most hostile environment for organised
00:16crime groups who are seeking to sell illegal tobacco or move it throughout our state.
00:22We've seized about a million dollars worth of cash, 3.8 million dollars worth of illicit
00:27tobacco products.
00:28I think we're hitting this pretty hard.
00:31Police have linked 19 recent arson attacks across Adelaide to organised crime syndicates.
00:37Now the Police Commissioner says his team has submitted a raft of recommendations to
00:42the government on additional law reform measures that could be considered, including making
00:47it an offence to purchase cheap tobacco.
00:50When we see organised crime getting involved, which we did forecast based on what we've
00:54seen in Victoria, then we have skin in the game.
00:57The government says that's not on the cards.
01:00Tobacco addiction has always been in our community dealt with as a health issue and we'll be
01:04continuing to deal with it on that basis.
01:06But they're not ruling out further reform.
01:09We'll need to sit down with police, go through their suggestions and then obviously take
01:13that through the parliamentary process.
01:15And Minister Picton says legislation could potentially change quickly.
01:20We've still got a number of sitting weeks this year.
01:22If there are suggestions that police have that can be readily made, then we're very
01:26open to working with them on it.
01:28The government says it's seized $5 million worth of illegal product since the beginning
01:33of July and are calling on the public to make anonymous reports if they suspect a premise
01:39is trading illicit cigarettes.
01:41That intelligence really helps us target our resources.
01:45The war on black market tobacco continuing.
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