More than 12,000 cigarettes on which the police suspect excise and duty has not been paid have been seized from a garage in Triq l-Imhar, St Paul's Bay by the Qawra police this afternoon.

The police said they also arrested a man who was acting suspiciously.

An inquiry is being held.

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