Almost 500 bottles of spirits were seized by Customs enforcement officials from an Msida mini-market.

The Customs officials were carrying out routine searches in Msida and discovered the spirits without excise banderols on the shelves.

Subsequent searches in the shop and its stores lead to the discovery of a total of 477 bottles.

The Customs enforcement section have been clamping down on the sale of beverages and spirits not bearing any excise tags, in an effort to hamper contraband operations and collect taxes which are being charged to the end consumer but not passed on to the government.

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