Cigarettes seized

Some 4.6 million contraband cigarettes were seized at the Freeport by the Customs Department, which would have seen Malta making a €780,000 tax loss, the department said in a statement. The cigarettes were found in a container which arrived from...

Some 4.6 million contraband cigarettes were seized at the Freeport by the Customs Department, which would have seen Malta making a €780,000 tax loss, the department said in a statement.

The cigarettes were found in a container which arrived from outside the EU. The container was supposed to be carrying electrical goods.

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