#customs

Seven British bases customs and immigration officers are undergoing drone pilot training to strengthen surveillance and enforcement operations across the base areas. The training, provided by UK experts, will help ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested in Larnaca on Friday after police found 2,000 packs of contraband cigarettes and 54 kilograms of hand-rolling tobacco in his car. Officers stopped his vehicle at about 5.20...

A foreign doctor was arrested at Larnaca airport after customs agents found large quantities of Botox products and anaesthetics of unverified origin in his luggage, authorities said on Thursday. The ...

Customs officers seized 28,000 suspected counterfeit condoms during an inspection of a sea shipment arriving from Greece on Thursday. The container was selected for scanning and a physical inspection following a ...

The customs department will from November 1 introduce a new €2 processing fee for all goods arriving in Cyprus from outside the European single market, department spokesman George Constantinou said on Wednesday. “...

Jewelry worth a total of €41,163 was found in the luggage of a passenger arriving from Dubai at Larnaca airport in early October, the customs department said on Tuesday. According to ...

Two Irish passengers were arrested on Sunday after customs agents found large quantities of duty free tobacco products in their luggage. Following information received, customs agents inspected the luggage of ...

Two British nationals were arrested at Paphos airport on Sunday after customs officers found 42,000 suspected duty-free cigarettes in their luggage. The two 35-year-old passengers were preparing to travel to Liverpool. ...

A senior Cyprus customs official is leading an international body tackling the illicit tobacco trade, as the protocol designed to combat the cross-border problem marks eight years in force. Senior ...

Customs agents, acting on a tipoff, stopped two Israeli women for luggage inspection at Paphos airport on Monday and found large quantities of duty free cigarettes. The agents found 19 cartons ...

Customs agents confiscated almost 10kg of duty free nargileh tobacco during searches of vehicles in Dherynia and Ayios Dhometios on Monday. Agents at the crossing point in Dherynia pulled over ...

Customs officers seized more than 25,000 cigarettes at the Dherynia crossing point and a large quantity of tobacco products from a home in Larnaca on Friday. According to the customs department, ...

Customs agents seized quantities of untaxed tobacco products in three separate cases at the Ledra Street and Ayios Dhometios crossing points between August 23 and 27, imposing out-of-court fines totalling €5,090. According to ...

Customs officers seized cigarettes and hookah tobacco at the Deryneia crossing point on Wednesday during routine checks. In the first case, officers stopped a vehicle driven by a 46-year-old Hungarian ...

A 43-year-old woman was arrested after customs officers found 28 kilograms’ worth of animal products in her vehicle as she attempted to cross southwards at the Dherynia crossing point, before being ...

Three watches, with an approximate combined value of €57,000, were seized by customs officers at Larnaca airport, the customs department said on Monday. According to the department, the watches were found ...

The Customs department apologised on Tuesday after an image featuring Archbishop Makarios was republished on its official Facebook page, attributing the incident to what it described as an accidental repost. ...

A kiosk owner in Kato Paphos has paid a €3,100 in an out of court settlement after customs officers seized hundreds of illegal nicotine pouch products during a coordinated operation, police ...

A technical problem at the Customs Department has disrupted the system for the collection of customs duties and the subsequent release of goods, with fallback procedures now in place until ...

The customs department confiscated duty free tobacco products from a residence in Limassol on Sunday, following information provided by the police drug squad. The department said on Monday that agents ...

Four foreign nationals were fined a total of €14,400 after customs officers at Paphos International Airport discovered large quantities of duty-unpaid tobacco products in their luggage before they boarded a flight ...

Customs officers intercepted multiple attempts to smuggle large quantities of tobacco products in two separate operations at Paphos Airport and the Ayios Dometios crossing point. At Paphos Airport, two Spanish ...

Nearly €200,000 in undeclared cash was seized from a Ukrainian passenger at Paphos airport by customs officers after the money was discovered hidden inside socks in his luggage. The customs department ...

Customs officers seized untaxed tobacco products and a vehicle from a Romanian woman stopped at the Ledra street crossing on Sunday, authorities said. According to the customs department, the woman ...