<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Four people have been charged and $2.3 million of illicit tobacco seized in a week of targeted police action on NSW's Far North Coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police teamed with NSW Health and the Australian Border Force's Illicit Tobacco Task Force for the operation, which netted more than 18,000 vapes, 1.9 million illicit cigarettes, 74kg of loose-leaf tobacco, and five unregistered guns.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The operation took place between this Monday, October 27, and yesterday, October 30, at Mullumbimby.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/prince-andrew-to-be-stripped-of-prince-title-move-out-royal-lodge/0104e49a-d3b0-4673-8fc6-e2d22f00d2d8" target="_blank"><strong><span>Prince Andrew to be stripped of all royal titles, evicted from residence</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At 9am on Wednesday, a 27-year-old man was arrested at a local storage shed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police then carried out search warrants at three storage units and two homes in Mullumbimby.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the storage units, officers seized over 17,000 vapes, more than 1.8 million illicit cigarettes, and 63kg of loose-leaf tobacco.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/2-million-dollars-illicit-tobacco-seized-police-operation-nsw-far-north-coast/a1cfd274-c7d5-412e-9cdd-5388701905b2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/thunderstorms-heavy-rain-forecast-nsw-queensland/bf4331c3-15dc-4f83-ac67-753f7a47433f" target="_blank"><strong><span>Millions facing storms 'every day' for nearly a week</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the two homes, five unregistered firearms, $40,000 cash, mobile phones, electronic equipment and assorted illicit cigarettes and vapes were seized</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two men, aged 24 and 41, were arrested at the two Mullumbimby homes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 24-year-old and 27-year-old men were each charged with vape possession, dealing with the proceeds of crime, and participating in a criminal group.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gus-lamont-updates-police-return-to-remote-homestead-in-search-for-missing-toddler/8bd49656-8fe5-4e76-bb60-cfe1672eb226" target="_blank"><strong><span>Searchers draining dam today in renewed search for missing boy Gus</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were bailed and will appear in court on November 24.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 41-year-old man was charged with five counts of possessing an unregistered gun.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was bailed and will appear in court on December 3.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 5pm that day, a 40-year-old woman was arrested after attending Byron Bay Police Station.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was charged with vape possession, dealing with the proceeds of crime, and participating in a criminal group.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was bailed and will appear in court on November 24.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Health inspectors, together with NSW Police, carried out subsequent inspections of a Byron Bay tobacconist and a Tweed Heads convenience store, allegedly seizing over 1600 vapes, over 89,000 illicit cigarettes and about 11.5kg of loose-leaf tobacco.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>These inspections resulted in the seizure of illicit tobacco and illegal vapes with an estimated street value of $2.35 million, police claim.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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