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Government to spend millions on tobacco black market crackdown

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New South Wales police have arrested seven men over the theft of 1.4 tonnes of tobacco in Sydney. Meanwhile, the federal government has announced it will spend millions of dollars in a crack down on the black market. The measure, announced in the budget, aims to rectify a massive drop in excise duties collected from tobacco sales.
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