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In a black market, illegal deals are made in plain sight over the counter of everyday convenience stores (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 6 months ago by Baku@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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This article is about the dodgy ciggs all those shops that keep "catching on fire" sell

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[–] mspong@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 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!