Police seize 300k cigarettes in Shepparton, Mooroopna illegal tobacco raids

Police seize 300k cigarettes in Shepparton, Mooroopna illegal tobacco raids

3 years ago
Police seized more than 300,000 cigarettes and more than $12,000 in cash in raids on five businesses, a house and a storage shed in Shepparton and Mooroopna on Wednesday morning. Shepparton Divisional Tasking Unit Sergeant Peter Warden said police executed search warrants on four Shepparton businesses and one in Mooroopna, as well as a Shepparton house and a storage shed in Mooroopna over the alleged sale of illegal tobacco. As well as the cigarettes and […]
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100-YEAR-OLD CLARA’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED AT LOCAL SERVICE STATION

3 years ago
A service station in Tamworth’s Peel Street has pumped the spirits of resident, Clara Palmer, on her 100th birthday. The BP – today clearly standing for Birthday Party – has become a regular hang-out for Clara over the years. The staff enjoy spoiling her and today, they joined Clara, her partner Phil and friend Marie for a small celebration, to mark the milestone. “To get to 100, you don’t know what’s going to be next, […]
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Here’s everything you need to know about fuel

3 years ago
It’s a little game we all play when we get behind the wheel, called “make the needle move as slowly as possible”. Because – let’s face it – none of us enjoys pulling into the service station for more fuel. Last year, the average passenger car in the ACT travelled 11,800 kilometres and consumed around 11.1 litres of fuel every 100 kilometres. That’s 1,309 litres of fuel a year. Canberra’s average price for regular unleaded […]
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Electric vehicles may be growing in popularity, but petrol is here to stay

3 years ago
Regular readers of this column will know I have a certain fondness for cars, automobiles and vehicles of all shapes and sizes. I’m a bit of an old-school person generally, preferring the makes and shapes of the 1950s and 1960s rather than the almost anonymous lookalikes that parade up and down our roads today. Admittedly, the modern car is far safer and much more efficient than its predecessors but it does share one major factor […]
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Ampol backs new clean energy start-up, Endua

3 years ago
Ampol has partnered with Main Sequence and CSIRO to support the launch of the new Australian clean energy storage start-up, Endua. The company, which will be based at Ampol’s Brisbane site, will build sustainable, reliable and affordable hydrogen-powered energy storage with a range of applications across Australia’s key industries. Endua was formed under Main Sequence’s venture science model, which starts by identifying a global challenge, and brings together science and industry to solve it. The […]
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