Customs seize contraband cigarettes

A container full of more than 4.6 million contraband cigarettes intended for the local market has been intercepted by the Customs Department. The department said in a statement that days of intensive work by its officers led to this container, which...

A container full of more than 4.6 million contraband cigarettes intended for the local market has been intercepted by the Customs Department.

The department said in a statement that days of intensive work by its officers led to this container, which was supposedly carrying electrical goods. It was coming from outside the EU

It said that through its find, it had saved the country a loss of more than €780,000 in taxes.

Investigations are continuing.

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