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National
Kaitlyn Offer

Two syndicates targeted in gang war over illegal smokes

In the past six months 27 Melbourne businesses have been destroyed by fire and 13 people arrested. (HANDOUT/VICTORIA POLICE)

Almost 30 smoke stores have been firebombed in a Victorian gangland war over illegal tobacco profits, sparking police to create a new taskforce.

In the past six months 27 businesses have been destroyed by fire, 28 of them tobacco shops.

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