{"id":362138,"date":"2025-06-30T15:20:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=362138"},"modified":"2025-11-28T15:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:36:36","slug":"vape-shops-raided-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/06\/30\/vape-shops-raided-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Vape Shops Raided &#8230; Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>June 30, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two businesses allegedly selling illegal tobacco products or vapes in Kingaroy were temporarily shut down after raids last week by officers from the Darling Downs Public Health Unit.<\/p>\n<p>A Darling Downs Health spokesperson said three locations were searched on June 24, with interim closure orders issued to two businesses.<\/p>\n<p>(Both shops had re-opened and were trading as usual on Monday.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seized were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Illicit cigarettes &#8211; 100,440<\/li>\n<li>Illicit loose-leaf tobacco &#8211; 6.6kg<\/li>\n<li>Vapes &#8211; 903<\/li>\n<li>Drug paraphernalia &#8211; 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Our officers will continue to respond to complaints about the sale of illicit tobacco and other alleged breaches of the Tobacco and Other Smoke Products Act 1998,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Darling Downs Public Health Unit has a responsibility, in the interest of public safety, to undertake proactive and targeted responses to breaches of smoking products laws, including vapes, as the sale of non-regulated products presents a risk to the community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;If you suspect that tobacco or other nicotine products are being sold illegally, please report it via 13 QGOV (13 74 68) or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.qld.gov.au\/public-health\/topics\/atod\/smoking-laws\/penalties\/reporting-a-possible-breach-of-smoking-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/05\/22\/warning-to-vape-landlords\/\">Warning To Vape Landlords<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/04\/15\/illegal-cigs-vapes-seized\/\">Illegal Cigs, Vapes Seized<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/04\/10\/police-raid-tobacco-shops\/\">Police Raid Tobacco Shops<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/04\/03\/on-the-spot-vape-fines-soar\/\">On-The-Spot Vape Fines Soar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two businesses allegedly selling illegal tobacco products or vapes in Kingaroy were temporarily shut down after raids last week by the Darling Downs Public Health Unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":359590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[172,3,24],"tags":[1551],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vape Shops Raided ... 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