AFM team finds contraband cigarettes on trawler

An AFM rapid deployment team last night found a quantity of contraband cigarettes on a trawler off Malta after a chase in rough seas. The trawler had allegedly arrived from Misurata and berthed in Grand Harbour. It however sailed out again as customs...

An AFM rapid deployment team last night found a quantity of contraband cigarettes on a trawler off Malta after a chase in rough seas.

The trawler had allegedly arrived from Misurata and berthed in Grand Harbour. It however sailed out again as customs officers prepared for a search.

An AFM power boat from the maritime squadron base in Hay Wharf chased the trawler  and the rapid deployment team boarded the trawler some six miles out.  They found 46 boxes of contraband cigarettes.

A police investigation is under way.

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