That followed a string of similar attacks across Brisbane, including the firebombing of a Beenleigh tobacconist; a fire and ram-raid on a store in Springwood; and the firebombing of a store in Fortitude Valley.
On Friday, Queensland Health revealed it had seized about 45 million cigarettes, 350,000 vapes, and more than six tonnes of loose-leaf tobacco across the state since last November.
Footage released by Queensland Police on the same day from a store raid in Wide Bay, north of Brisbane, shows a cabinet concealing a secret storeroom filled with more than 5000 illegally imported packets of cigarettes.
A separate video shows huge quantities of tobacco on a table, with stacks of counterfeit Australian packaging nearby.
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