Comment on In a black market, illegal deals are made in plain sight over the counter of everyday convenience stores

WhiteShotgun@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  smoked chop chop

  Is that slang for “rolled your own”? Not quite sure…

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  • mspong@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In a way. Chop chop is slang for loose leaf tobacco which hasn’t been taxed, sold cheaply on the black market. It’s either smuggled into the country or grown locally in secret.

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    • remotelove@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh cool. I figured it was just loose leaf tobacco of some kind, but there is more attached to it. Thanks for the clarification!

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  3% of all illegal imports is about all they bust

  Really? I thought being an island with no land borders we’d have a decent shot at stopping illegal imports

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  • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nobody has the resources to scan every single package in every single shipment. At most they flag a few due to suspicious paperwork and screen those

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  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    yeah it’s not individuals doing the major smuggling. it’s the container-loads that never seem to get inspected.

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