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The ABC has obtained footage of several recent raids conducted by the New South Wales Health Department, in which officials seized hundreds of contraband drugs and treatments from law-breaking operations. Australians are risking their lives by getting cheap and illegal cosmetic procedures at dodgy beauty salons and back-alley clinics, health authorities have warned. Ivan and Alex report.

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The ABC has obtained footage of several recent raids conducted by the New South Wales Health Department, in which officials seized hundreds of contraband drugs and treatments from law-breaking operations. Australians are risking their lives by getting cheap and illegal cosmetic procedures at dodgy beauty salons and back-alley clinics, health authorities have warned. Ivan and Alex report.

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