Custom officials confiscated almost 800 bottles of contraband alcohol worth around €4,000 in excise duty from a car arriving from Sicily.

The alcohol was packed in 157 cases stowed away in a vehicle with Maltese registration plates that had arrived from Sicily, the Customs Department said.

Both the alcohol and vehicle were confiscated.

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