Big cigarette smuggling attempt blocked
29.11.10
A gang of smugglers were caught trying to bring over a quarter of a million cigarettes in to the UK via Newcastle Airport last week. UK Border Agency officers intercepted the haul, which also included 60 lbs of hand-rolling tobacco.
The 270,920 cigarettes were discovered when 17 passengers, who had flown from the Canary Islands on Wednesday, passed through border controls. In total the officers searched 18 suitcases and 11 pieces of hand luggage, all of which were stuffed ull of cigarettes.
Fred Simmons, Assistant Director of the UK Border Agency said: ‘This is a significant haul, and is testament to the tight controls we have in place at our frontiers. Tobacco goods on this scale would defraud the government and the taxpayer out of a significant amount of revenue.’
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