Tobacco syndicate dealt $400 million blow

Multiple illicit tobacco crops throughout rural Victoria have been destroyed as part of a crackdown. (AAP)

An organised crime syndicate in Victoria has been dealt a $400 million blow with authorities recently disrupting an illegal tobacco operation.

Victoria Police, The Australian Border Force and the Australian Taxation Office raided a property in Broadford, 90km north of Melbourne, over the alleged domestic cultivation, manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of illicit tobacco.