#customs

Over 10,000 boxes of duty-free cigarettes were seized by the customs department on Thursday in two separate vehicle inspections in Athienou and Pyla, authorities said on Friday. A search of a ...

Members of the Cyprus customs agents association, who began an indefinite strike on Friday morning over concerns surrounding the new automated import system (AIS), held a meeting with the finance ...

For the past 22 years, passage through the crossing points has become relatively normalised: visiting the sites, old family homes or even just for an evening drink. But with the opening ...

The police conducted a wide sweep of premises in Larnaca on Thursday and also stepped up traffic checks in an operation aimed at combating undeclared work and illegal residency, they ...

Over 1,000 counterfeit items were seized from a shop in central Nicosia, the customs department said on Thursday. The items consisted of athletic clothing and electronic devices, as well as stickers ...

Police arrested a 60-year-old man discovered with dozens of untaxed tobacco items, while e was driving in Limassol. According to police, the man was found during regular stops of vehicles ...

An out-of-court fine of €1,500 was imposed on a 61-year-old man found to be in possession of a quantity of duty-free tobacco products, police said. According to police, the man was ...

A total of €45,000 in cash was found in the luggage of a passenger attempting to depart Paphos airport and fly to Stansted airport in the United Kingdom, the customs department ...

A total of ten kilograms of cannabis hidden in cereal and biscuit boxes have been found and intercepted by customs officers at Larnaca airport so far this month, with five ...

Two migrants who were admitted to the Pournara reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia were arrested and fined €2,400 on Monday after they were found with 47 packets of 200 cigarettes and 500 g of tobacco. ...

A large quantity of illegal cigarettes, tobacco and dairy products have been seized from a barber shop in Nicosia, police said on Sunday. The shop owner, aged 73 was arrested, fined ...

Ten packages of anabolic steroid pills of 100mg each were discovered by customs officials in the trunk of a car driven by a Turkish Cypriot at the Dheryneia checkpoint on ...

Turkish Cypriot media on Tuesday reported that the 315kg of halloumi seized by police from a private vehicle in Paphos on Monday originated in the north. The cheese did not ...

Customs said on Friday they had discovered €161,520 in cash in a suitcase belonging to a passenger travelling from Brussels to Paphos airport late on Thursday. Cash amounts exceeding €10,000 are supposed ...

Customs agents seized hundreds of thousands of euros from a passenger arriving in Paphos airport on Saturday, authorities said. According to an announcement from the customs department, agents seized €400,000 from ...

The customs department has seized thousands of packages with cigarettes and tobacco products from the north, it said on Thursday. The department said three Turkish Cypriots were stopped at the ...

A woman aged 33 was arrested at Larnaca airport on Saturday night after police said they found almost 17 kilos of cannabis in her luggage, they said. Police did not provide information ...

Customs officers arrested a 59-year-old man at Paphos aircport who tried to travel to London with undeclared cigarettes and tobacco. After his luggage was searched, 8.85g of tobacco was found ...

A man caught transporting a large quantity of tobacco products has been fined €70,000 by the customs department. According to police statement the man intended to import 436 cartons of cigarettes and 121.5 ...

The Limassol criminal court on Friday imposed a prison sentence of 18 years on two persons in connection with a case of importing and possessing cannabis, weighing 72 kg, for the purposes ...

A 46-year-old man in Nicosia was fined €3000 after police and customs in Nicosia found duty free tobacco in his home and car, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. It ...

The Savannah cat which attacked a three-year-old boy this week appears to have been imported from Moscow, while authorities remain puzzled as to how it passed custom checks amid speculation ...

A 59-year-old man was fined €2,000 after dozens of duty-free tobacco products were found in his car late on Tuesday. The illegal products were discovered by Limassol officers who stopped the ...

Customs said Friday they have seized 240 cartons of cigarettes wrapped as presents during a routine check at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point. A statement said officers found 48,000 Parliament cigarettes in ...