Man charged after being caught with $3.2 million worth of illegal cigarettes and vapes

Police allegedly seized more than $3.2 million worth of illegal cigarettes and vapes from a truck on the Mid North Coast.

At about 10.45pm on Monday, January 6, officers attached to Forster Highway Patrol stopped a truck on the Pacific Highway, near Possum Brush, after it was allegedly detected speeding.

After searching the rear storage area, police allegedly found illegal cigarettes and nicotine vapes inside boxes.

The 32-year-old male driver was arrested and taken to Forster Police Station.

He was charged with goods in custody, restricted substance sold by non-wholesaler, and exceed speed limit 10 kilometres and under.

The driver of the truck was refused bail to appear before Forster Local Court on Tuesday, January 7, where police alleged there were more than 20,000 individual vapes, and more than 1.6 million individual cigarettes with an estimated street value of more than $3,200,000.