The Australian Border Force (ABF) has seized 13 tonnes of disposable vapes with a street value of AUD 4.5 million (USD 2.97 million), reports The Guardian Australia.

The importation of disposable single-use vapes has been banned in Australia since 1 January and a total of 250,000 disposable vapes have been seized since then. The latest seizure is the biggest so far with 150,000 disposable vapes found in air cargo consignments in Adelaide. The ABF had become suspicious when 14 air cargo consignments with “refillable atomisers” arrived from the same destination, reports The Guardian Australia.
The assistant commissioner of the ABF, Chris Waters, said “this is a clear signal to the community that the new vaping regime was well and truly under way”.
“We expect many international vaping suppliers will continue to attempt to send products to Australia and may seek to change their behaviour to avoid detection. All Australian suppliers of vaping products should heed this notice. If you attempt to conceal imports of vapes, we will uncover and intercept them,” he added.
Health Minister Mark Butler was pleased with how the new policy is working. “Before our government changed the loopholes in existing laws, millions and millions of disposable vapes were able to flood into Australia – vapes that are deliberately marketed at our children,” he said.
Australia is also planning to prevent advertising, supply, or commercial possession of non-therapeutic and disposable vapes, tighten legal loopholes to end personal importation, and regulate nicotine levels and flavours in prescription vapes, according to The Guardian Australia.