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Customs Officers in Dover seize cigarettes worth £¾million

Posted by editor on Jan 30, 2010 - 02:34 PM
Filed under: Smuggling, News

Customs Officers have seized more than four million counterfeit cigarettes which were found hidden in a lorry arriving at Dover on Tuesday (26 January).

The cigarettes were found by UK Border Agency officers who searched the vehicle which had arrived from France.

The duty on the cigarettes was worth £723,000, HM Revenue and Customs said.

The 45-year-old lorry driver, was arrested and then freed on bail pending further inquiries.

© Hawkinge Gazette and Channel Coast News 2010

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Lazarus	Your Headline:: Siezure of "countefeit" cigarettes posted:: Jan 30, 2010

registered: Jan 21, 2005	Dear Ed, I thought the import of counterfeit cigarettes would have assisted with improving the health of the nation by saving millions of people from the effect of nicotine poisoning. Yours as ever, Lazarus