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Exiled gangland boss Kazem Hamad linked to Victoria’s tobacco wars arrested in Iraq

Kazem Kaz Hamad Tobacco Iraq Victoria Krissy Barrett Australia Police Trafficking

A police officer stands near burnt tobacco products seen in a fire-damaged window within the crime scene of a suspicious fire at a tobacco shop in Melbourne — Kazem Hamad, an underworld figure believed by police to be involved in Victoria’s tobacco wars, has been arrested overseas. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

An exiled underworld boss connected to Victoria’s ongoing tobacco wars has been arrested in Iraq.

Kazem “Kaz” Hamad was arrested on behalf of Australian law enforcement authorities for alleged drug trafficking, according to a statement from the Iraq’s National Centre for International Judicial Cooperation on Monday night.

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