Tobacco stores in Melbourne’s north-west have been rammed with vehicles and then set alight in two separate attacks, as concerns grow the city’s illegal tobacco turf wars have reignited.
A car was set alight and driven through the front of Middle East Tobacconist on East Street in Hadfield about 5am.
Another vehicle was rammed into a convenience store multiple times on Gladstone Park Drive in Gladstone Park about 5.45am.
“Nobody was inside either premises at the time and the stores sustained significant damage,” police said in a…
