Holy smokes: illicit tobacco sold in Auckland church fundraisers – Stuff.co.nz
Auckland’s thriving tobacco black market now extends from the corner dairy to church fundraisers. In the second instalment of aninvestigation into illicit tobacco, Stuff delves into the world of homegrown chop. George Block reports.
A man walks into a head-shop on a rundown West Auckland shopping strip.
He towers over the young worker behind the cabinets in the shop, which sells vaporisers and the paraphernalia of cannabis consumption.
But this customer is not after a new grinder or bong.
The…
