Sixty-five boxes of untaxed cigarettes, each containing 200 cigarettes, were seized from a 58-year-old Turkish Cypriot at Paphos airport on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.

The cigarettes were found in his luggage as the man, also a British citizen, prepared to fly to the UK, lacked proper labelling and traceability codes, indicating no tax had been paid.

The man was arrested and is due to appear before Paphos district court on Wednesday.