Customs department clamps down on tobacco smuggling
Larnaca Airport customs officers recently ramped up checks on passengers departing to UK airports, they announced on Tuesday. Last Wednesday, the customs department seized seventy...
cigarette smuggling
Closures welcomed by trades most impacted by sales of cheap goods in the north
The closure of crossing points a year ago cut off cheap lifelines for many shoppers, putting an end to the “great evil” of those buying...
Turkish and Greek Cypriot men caught smuggling cigarettes
Two men, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, were arrested in the north for cigarette smuggling and also face charges for entering a military...
Smuggled cigarettes seized
Customs on Wednesday seized 301 cartons each containing 200 cigarettes from a passenger arriving at Larnaca airport on a flight from Moscow, they said. The...
Cigarette smuggler arrested after car chase
A man arrested near Athienou on Thursday after police chased his car and fired warning shots was found in possession of smuggled cigarettes. Police officers...
Three people on same flight caught trying to smuggle cigarettes
Customs officers found a large number of undeclared cigarettes in the luggage of three people on Sunday at Larnaca airport. Two women arriving from Kiev,...
Man fined for attempting to smuggle cigarettes
A Greek Cypriot man from Larnaca district was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the possession of 36 cartons of duty free cigarettes bought in...
Fined for cigarette smuggling
A 39-year-old man from Larnaca was fined more than € 2,000 when 44 cartons of cigarettes for which he had not paid taxes were found...
MPs probe further on cigarette smuggling
By George Psyllides AKEL MP Irini Charalambidou on Tuesday questioned the customs department’s decision to ask the attorney-general to suspend prosecution of individuals implicated in...
Cigarette smuggling rife in Cyprus say MPs
By George Psyllides Cigarette and tobacco smuggling is booming in Cyprus, costing the state millions in taxes and known individuals are behind it, MPs said...
