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A.L.I.V.E.

"Australia Let's Improve Vaping Education!"

Firebombings

The Tobacco/Vape Turf Wars has been exploding since 2023 and is still going.

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#126 11/10/24

Campbelltown - SA

https://archive.is/tZ7vl

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#125 04/10/24

Clearview - Arson Attack Gone Wrong

https://www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-attempted-arson-cctv/43052973-46c6-490c-8597-6d2e6e2dbc08

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#118-124 03/10/24

7 Arsons Have Been Linked To Adelaide Tobacco Wars

https://www.msn.com/en-au/video/watch/taskforce-to-tackle-black-market-tobacco/vi-AA1rzETS?ocid=hpmsn

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#120 - 03/10/24

Torensville

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1258506741808630

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#119 - 30/09/24

Blair Athol

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/183yBCHAiJ/

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#118 - 30/09/24

Brooklyn Park

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/183yBCHAiJ/

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#117 - 30/09/24

Fawkner

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-30/tobacco-store-fire-fawkner-factory-fire-keilor-park/104411422

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#116 - 25/09/24

Glenroy

https://archive.is/g8Qtr

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#115 - 25/09/24

Meadow Heights

https://archive.is/TsKfv

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#114 - 25/09/24

Runcorn - Brisbane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYqL3pm_Gg8

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#113 - 17/09/24

Lalor

https://www.9news.com.au/national/barbershop-fire-investigation-underway-lalor-melbourne/d0e8c4d0-2f4f-412c-aa0d-1e16a2b160ab

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#112 - 16/09/24

Greenvale

https://archive.is/VeU1t

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#111 - 15/09/24

Thornbury

https://www.9news.com.au/videos/national/melbourne-tobacco-store-firebombed/cm12n6slf00060hm3vpiife9n

#110 - 10/09/24

Moe

https://archive.is/0TELM

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#109- 24/08/24

Sydenham

https://www.wyndhamtv.com.au/police-investigate-suspicious-shop-fire-and-ram-raid-in-sydenham-overnight/

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#108 - 22/08/24

Charmhaven

https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2024/08/22/two-men-on-the-run-following-a-tobacconist-fire-in-charmhaven/

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#107 - 22/08/24

Hoppers Crossing Supermarket

https://www.3aw.com.au/supermarket-firebombed-in-suspicious-early-morning-attack/

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#106 - 20/08/24

Wonthaggi’s first brush with tobacco wars

https://www.sgst.com.au/police/crashn-burn#1

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#105 - 19/08/24

Port Melbourne -

2 children taken to hospital

https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-arson-underworld-figures-home-set-alight-amid-series-of-arson-attacks-overnight/b2e52725-84ea-4b55-8532-aae5b6af8efa

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#104 - 19/08/24

Thomastown

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-19/crash-fire-port-melbourne-thomastown-arson-investigation/104241016

#103 - 19/08/24

Cairnlea

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-19/crash-fire-port-melbourne-thomastown-arson-investigation/104241016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9cocXS964I

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#102 - 17/08/24

Glenroy

https://www.9news.com.au/national/glenroy-truck-set-ablaze-outside-melbourne-tobacco-store/0bc21004-c8de-4e9d-924f-d008c7accb33

https://www.facebook.com/reel/509601064870778

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#101 - 11/8/24

Melton

https://archive.is/P9Wd2

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#100 - 09/08/24

Ettalong

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-09/retailers-fear-tobacco-turf-war-in-ettalong/104206350

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#99 - 06/08/24

Ocean Shores - near Byron Bay

https://www.echo.net.au/2024/08/fire-in-ocean-shores-the-centre-of-police-investigation/

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#98 - 01/08/24

Strathpine

https://archive.vn/UFJiI#selection-763.0-763.79

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_UiDgMM5E

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#97 - 27/7/24

Bridge Rd Richmond

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/27/victorias-tobacco-wars-police-investigate-suspicious-fire-that-destroyed-melbourne-shop-ntwnfb

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#96 - 11/07/24

Springvale tobacco store hit by ‘targeted attack’

https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/news/2024-07-11/springvale-tobacco-store-hit-by-targeted-attack/

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#95 - 07/07/24

Cohuna

https://www.wyndhamtv.com.au/tarniet-man-arrested-for-arson-attack-on-tobacco-store-in-cohuna/

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#94 - 06/07/24

Ararat

https://theweeklyadvertiser.com.au/articles/lunar-detectives-investigate-ararat-tobacco-store-arson-and-landsborough-raids/?section=1045

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#93 - 24/06/24

Mt Isa

https://www.northwestweekly.com.au/chopped-tobacco-seized-following-mount-isa-arson-attack-2024-07-10

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#92 - 11/06/24

Werribee

https://www.9news.com.au/national/tobacco-store-fire-businesses-targeted-in-separate-attacks-in-melbourne/b177df4f-7003-490e-8ebf-605b266665f1

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#91 - 07/06/24

Coburg

https://www.9news.com.au/national/tobacco-store-fire-two-tobacco-stores-targeted-in-separate-attacks-in-melbourne/92a6f2c6-91b0-488e-88a6-5fed2fe738e6

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#90 - 07/06/24

Footscray

https://www.9news.com.au/national/tobacco-store-fire-two-tobacco-stores-targeted-in-separate-attacks-in-melbourne/92a6f2c6-91b0-488e-88a6-5fed2fe738e6

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#89 - 06/06/24

Taree

https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2024/06/06/taree-tobacco-store-targeted/

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#88 - 06/06/24

Chapel St Prahan

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/melbourne-convenience-store-burned-in-suspected-firebombing/news-story/5b55f0d1d679720a0b5ba9ce29d080a7

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#87 - 04/06/24

Mildura

https://www.miragenews.com/police-charge-two-after-mildura-tobacco-store-1251441/

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#86 - 29/5/24

Spring Square - Hallam

https://berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au/news/2024-05-29/second-tobacco-store-targeted-in-spring-square/

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#85 - 29/05/24

Footscray

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#84 - 17/5/2024

Morgan Court

Glenroy

https://www.9news.com.au/national/glenroy-two-tobacco-stores-firebombed-in-melbourne/edc3cacd-ee57-4923-9c4d-931ea3bf98d1

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#83 - 17/5/2024

Belair Ave

Glenroy

https://www.9news.com.au/national/glenroy-two-tobacco-stores-firebombed-in-melbourne/edc3cacd-ee57-4923-9c4d-931ea3bf98d1

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#82 - 17/5/2024

Meadow Heights

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/meadow-heights-milkbar-burned-to-the-ground/video/12484ad854ffc5c42703a6af53ad2f3e

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#81 -12/5/2024

Hadfield

https://www.9news.com.au/national/arsonists-target-two-tobacconists-in-melbournes-north-west/6caf17f9-d2d0-424b-8e8a-529cf99e2b53?OCID=Social-9newsM

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#80 -12/5/2024

Gladstone Park

https://www.9news.com.au/national/arsonists-target-two-tobacconists-in-melbournes-north-west/6caf17f9-d2d0-424b-8e8a-529cf99e2b53?OCID=Social-9newsM

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#79 - 11/5/2024

Epping

https://x.com/10NewsFirstMelb/status/1789192758558597350

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#78 - 11/5/2024

Ararat

https://theweeklyadvertiser.com.au/articles/lunar-detectives-investigate-ararat-tobacco-store-arson-and-landsborough-raids/?section=1045

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#77 - 5/4/2024

Belmont Shopping Centre

https://archive.is/ybcDs

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#76 - 19/3/2024

MEDINA - WA

https://wamnnews.com.au/news/police-investigate-suspicious-fire-in-medina/

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#75 - 15/03/24

Epping - Miller St

https://archive.md/QxQEE

https://www.9news.com.au/national/caulfield-police-investigate-suspicious-tobacco-shop-fire/d03b5969-8e9c-4102-aca2-f275dd504d7e

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#74 - 12/03/24

Sunshine North

https://archive.is/SbEF0

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#73 - 11/03/24

Acacia Ridge

https://archive.is/zl8A3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4YbvYJZQhI

https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2024/03/11/suspicious-fire-acacia-ridge/

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#72 28/2/2024

Ballarat

https://www.3ba.com.au/local-news/ballarat-tobacco-store-targeted-in-yet-another-early-morning-attack/

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#71 - 27/2/2024

Brunswick - William St

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8536380/tobacco-war-grows-with-another-reception-centre-fire/

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#69 & #70 - 27/2/24 & 2/3/24

2 incidents - Mills Park

https://archive.is/hSQG1

https://7news.com.au/news/melbourne-restaurant-torched-again-as-police-investigate-link-to-illicit-tobacco-conflict-c-13801169

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#67 #68 - 2 Fires - 22/2/2024

Thomas Town & Thornbury

https://www.9news.com.au/national/thornbury-and-thomastown-two-businesses-gutted-by-fire-in-melbournes-north/149a5589-ef16-49c9-87e2-9729cdf7b98e

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#65 & #66 - 15/2/2024

2 incidents Little Bridge St & Peels St Bakery Hill Ballarat

https://www.3ba.com.au/local-news/ballarat-tobacco-stores-targeted-in-early-morning-destruction/

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/buildings-destroyed-as-arsonists-hit-ballarat-tobacco-shops-20240215-p5f548.html

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#64 - 14/2/2024

Morewell

https://archive.is/TJalv

https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=344403861906717&id=100090113163473

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#63 - 11/2/2024

Seville

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/police-investigate-two-more-melbourne-tobacco-store-fires/ar-BB1i5Ekd?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

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#62 - 14/1/2024

Craigieburn

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-14/craigieburn-tobacco-store-fire-shrapnel-residents/103318086

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alLIhHjSfx8

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#61 - 11/1/2024

Prahran

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-11/tobacco-store-fire-seville-prahran/103453046

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#60 - 9/2/2024

Caulfield

https://www.9news.com.au/national/caulfield-police-investigate-suspicious-tobacco-shop-fire/d03b5969-8e9c-4102-aca2-f275dd504d7e

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#59 - 30/1/2024

Fawkner

https://www.9news.com.au/national/fawkner-melbourne-tobacco-store-targeted-in-ramraid/ba9e1426-5090-4309-8687-e3f453d1aa4d

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#58- 29/1/2024

Bendigo

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-29/tobacco-store-ram-raid-starts-fire-bendigo-crime-gangs/103400174

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#57 - 29/1/2024

Cranbourne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jONeMaGUPbw

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#56 -18/01/24

Point Cook

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-19/fire-at-point-cook-tobacco-store-suspicious/103366986

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#55 - 11/01/2024

Altona

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/crime/tobacco-store-in-pier-street-altona-set-alight-in-suspicious-early-morning-fire-with-police-probing-another-targeted-attack/news-story/189c671b947edc10aedc0db4b14a8cd4

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#54 - 11/01/2024 & 12/01/2024

Altona

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/tobacco-shop-in-altona-melbourne-catches-fire-for-second-day-in-a-row-after-car-drives-through-building/news-story/71a45e08b9f34aff4da38016e9f5eb0e

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#53 - 25/12/2023

2 Incidents

Croydon & Glenroy

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/two-melbourne-shops-burnt-in-christmas-ram-raid/news-story/0c36f898f99dc35f741d035ca02c9e14

#52 25/12/2023

MOE - Lloyd St

https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/five-males-arrested-following-series-suspicious-arson-attacks

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#51 - 8/12/2023

Docklands

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/another-docklands-restaurant-set-on-fire-in-suspected-arson-attack-amid-melbournes-tobacco-turf-war/news-story/330dcc9ddab91cd84b2cf597d2417768

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#50 - 4/12/2023

Collingwood

https://www.9news.com.au/national/collingwood-fireworks-set-tobacconist-ablaze-in-melbournes-inner-suburbs/5f0a92fb-4910-4837-861e-fdfb5fee5dcb

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#49 - 20/11/2023

Docklands

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/tobacco-store-arson-fires-melbourne-docklands-police-vic/103188494

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#48 - 18/11/2023

Docklands

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/tobacco-store-arson-fires-melbourne-docklands-police-vic/103188494

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#46 #47 - 25/10/2023

2nd Time in two months Hadfield

https://www.3aw.com.au/another-suspicious-fire-breaks-out-at-a-tobacco-shop-in-melbournes-north1/

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#45 - 25/10/2023

Brisbane Wickham Tce

https://archive.is/0hlS5

https://www.tiktok.com/@couriermail/video/7295550460696595713

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#44 - 11/10/2023

Ashmore Gold Coast

https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2023/10/11/suspicious-fire-ashmore-3/

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3697990727146022

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#43 - 11/10/2023

Burleigh Heads

Gold Coast

https://archive.is/0hlS5#selection-855.78-855.106

#42 - 2/10/23

Williamstown

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/victoria-illegal-tobacco-market-arson-attacks/103027552

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#40 #41 - 21/9/2023 & 6/9/2023

2 Incidents - Oakleigh

https://archive.is/okBGa

https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-news-another-melbourne-tobacco-store-burnt-down-oakleigh-police-probe-series-arson-attacks/646dd559-65e5-4535-b44e-f05eaadad6c5

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#39 - 20/09/23

Whittlesea

https://ncreview.com.au/2023/09/26/police-investigate-arson-in-whittleseas-church-street/

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#38 - 9/10/23

Glenroy

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/vic-tobacco-fires-robert-issa-shopping-centre-shooting-glenroy/102950200

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#37 - 7/10/23

Bentleigh

https://archive.is/ozPRc

#36 23/09/23 & Oct 7 2023

2 incidents Bentleigh

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/victoria-illegal-tobacco-market-arson-attacks/103027552

#35 - 27/09/10

Derrimut

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/victoria-illegal-tobacco-market-arson-attacks/103027552

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/10/09/illegal-tobacco-taskforce-arson

#34 - 28/08/23

Burwood

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/victoria-illegal-tobacco-market-arson-attacks/103027552

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#32 #33 - 29/08/23 & 30/8/23

2 Incidents Hadfield

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hadfield-fire-fruit-shop-destroyed-after--suspicious-car-fire-in-melbournes-north/469b878a-4b3c-4737-83a0-7d16cbca133f

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/victoria-illegal-tobacco-market-arson-attacks/103027552

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#31 - 11/08/23

Hoppers Crossing

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hoppers-crossing-crime-melbourne-tobacconist-shop-burnt-out-in-suspected-arson-attack/2b691997-ce36-416d-b9e0-5c0c12d504d3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcrzltRwelo

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#30 - 27/07/23

Wangaratta

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/wangaratta-shop-fire-woman-and-dogs-rescued-from-murphy-street-blaze/video/bd6d8f53e23245d5d998a0a2a2c6b2c7

#27 #28 #29 -

01/08/23, 17 & 21/7/23

3 incidents - Deer Park

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hadfield-fire-fruit-shop-destroyed-after--suspicious-car-fire-in-melbournes-north/469b878a-4b3c-4737-83a0-7d16cbca133f

Refer map 44 sec into vid

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#26 - 27/07/23

Wodonga

https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/8285559/police-treating-fire-at-wodonga-business-overnight-as-suspicious/

#24 & 25 July 9 & 10 2023

2 Incidents

Caroline Springs

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hoppers-crossing-crime-melbourne-tobacconist-shop-burnt-out-in-suspected-arson-attack/2b691997-ce36-416d-b9e0-5c0c12d504d3

See vid at 42 secs

#23 - 11/07/23

Springvale

https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/news/2024-07-11/springvale-tobacco-store-hit-by-targeted-attack/

#22 - 7/07/23

Port Melbourne

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hoppers-crossing-crime-melbourne-tobacconist-shop-burnt-out-in-suspected-arson-attack/2b691997-ce36-416d-b9e0-5c0c12d504d3

see vid at 46 secs

#21 - 7/07/23

Ravenhall

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hoppers-crossing-crime-melbourne-tobacconist-shop-burnt-out-in-suspected-arson-attack/2b691997-ce36-416d-b9e0-5c0c12d504d3

see vid at 46 secs

#20 - 27/06/23

Fraser Rise

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hoppers-crossing-crime-melbourne-tobacconist-shop-burnt-out-in-suspected-arson-attack/2b691997-ce36-416d-b9e0-5c0c12d504d3

see vid at 48 secs

#19 - 27/06/23

Maribynong

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hoppers-crossing-crime-melbourne-tobacconist-shop-burnt-out-in-suspected-arson-attack/2b691997-ce36-416d-b9e0-5c0c12d504d3

see vid at 52 secs

#18 - 26/6/23

Oakleigh - Park Rd

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hoppers-crossing-crime-melbourne-tobacconist-shop-burnt-out-in-suspected-arson-attack/2b691997-ce36-416d-b9e0-5c0c12d504d3

See vid at 46 secs

#17 - 25/6/23

Greenvale

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hoppers-crossing-crime-melbourne-tobacconist-shop-burnt-out-in-suspected-arson-attack/2b691997-ce36-416d-b9e0-5c0c12d504d3

see vid at 52 secs

#16 - 24/6/23

Fawkner

https://www.9news.com.au/national/hoppers-crossing-crime-melbourne-tobacconist-shop-burnt-out-in-suspected-arson-attack/2b691997-ce36-416d-b9e0-5c0c12d504d3

see vid at 52 secs

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#13 #14 #15 - 19,20 & 22/6/23

3 Incidents

Werribee

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/victoria-illegal-tobacco-market-arson-attacks/103027552

https://www.wyndhamtv.com.au/fire-damages-tobacco-shop-in-werribee/

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#12 - 16/6/23

Logan

https://www.9news.com.au/national/fire-guts-four-businesses-in-queensland/18eed514-599c-419d-8bdf-76999fee15fa

https://7news.com.au/video/news/tobacco-war-escalated-with-a-blaze-at-a-logan-tobacconist-bc-6329523217112

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#10 & #11 - 11/6/23 & 3/6/23

Moonee Ponds

https://www.9news.com.au/national/moonee-ponds-fire-police-investigate-suspicious-car-fire-in-melbournes-northwest/14edf901-27e6-4187-a034-94583da3819b

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#8 & #9 - May 2023 - 2 Arsons

South Brisbane & Thornlands

https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2023/08/28/arson-charges-south-brisbane/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFkJApd6uD4

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#6 & #7 - 23/5/2023 & 26/5/2023

2 More Incidents Moonee Ponds

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/man-captured-accidentally-setting-himself-alight-during-arson-attack/news-story/9a27f4065a0c92fb13bd322e2d9f9fca

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#5 10/04/23

Gympie

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-10/explosions-suspicious-fire-shopfronts-gympie-police/102204498

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#4- 05/04/23

Southport

https://archive.is/0o8A0

#3- 24/3/2023

Springvale

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/victoria-illegal-tobacco-market-arson-attacks/103027552

see map

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#2- 9/3/2023

Casino

https://archive.is/okBGa

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#1- 04/01/23

Helensvale

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1277607722802496

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