21/11/2024
Police in Canberra have executed search warrants at properties in Ainslie and Hackett after a consignment of vapes was intercepted by the Australian Border Force.
The consignment of 2,540 vapes (worth an estimated $127,000) was seized by police.
A 19-year-old Ainslie man was arrested after allegedly arranging for the delivery and then attempting to take possession of it.
A 20-year-old Hackett man was also arrested after police located almost 300 vapes and more than $3,000 of cash at his residence.
Police allege the men were part of a group that facilitated the sale of vapes across the ACT and surrounding region.
Two other men, a 24-year-old Vietnamese national and 26-year-old Crace man, have previously been arrested for their alleged involvement in the group.
To date, police have seized as part of this investigation more than 3kgs of cannabis-laced gummies, more than 2 kgs of dried cannabis, nearly 4,000 vapes with an estimated street value of just under $200,000, and about $43,000 suspected of being the proceeds of crime.
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