13,000 contraband cigarettes found in vegetable vendor's van

J. Tabone

Apr 14th 2010, 22:18

@ Antoinette Cefai

You are making serious allegations about hard working Public Officers here. Your insinuations are unfounded and very unfair to a nucleus of over-worked Customs officers who have been giving very good results relentessly for quite some time now.
Week in, week out newspapers are reporting about drug siezures, contraband fuel, uncustomed alcohol and tobacco and who knows what else goes undetected by the media.
This sort of success is not the fruit of loose gossip, but serious investigations and face to face dealing with unscrupulous and dangerous individuals.
I would not dare imagine that Ms Cefai or some relative has been at the receiving end of these law enforcers' commendable action.

Keep it up guys, the public is noticing your dedicated work.

J. Mifsud

Apr 14th 2010, 17:38

@ I. Cilia.

Under Maltese law nobody can grow a tobacco plant without a licence.

Charles Buhagiar

Apr 14th 2010, 14:51

13,000 cigarettes and 35 packets in a bar. What a big deal! What about the big fish?

Antoinette Cefai

Apr 14th 2010, 14:14

can someone pls CONFIRM what happens to the cigarettes and stuff pls ? r they really confiscated? hope they are not STILL sold by the holders ..

i.cilia

Apr 14th 2010, 14:07

didn't anyone tell the customs officers that Tobacco is a plant as welll ???

:) :)

L. Spiteri

Apr 14th 2010, 14:04

Is there a telephone hotline or email to report such incidents?
If so what is the number/address?