Customs seize large amount of goods during October
The customs department handled a total of 319 cases across Cyprus in October, confiscating a large number of items. They seized 18,980 cigarettes, 94 kilos...
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Customs destroy €3,800 worth of smuggled veg
A truck with Greek Cypriot licence plates containing smuggled fruit and vegetables worth €3,800 was confiscated and the produced destroyed by customs officials at the...
Shoes to paintball guns: customs department announces auction
The Larnaca customs department will host a public auction on March 21, featuring products ranging from shoes to semi-auto paintball guns to cigarettes, it emerged...
Customs seize smuggled koupes
Officers at the Ayios Dhometios checkpoint customs department have seized and destroyed 200 frozen koupes, a meaty falafel, which were being smuggled from the north....
Tobacco seized at airport
Authorities seized more than 93 kilogrammes of tobacco found in the luggage of two people who arrived at the Larnaca airport from Moscow, the customs...
Customs declare war on fuel bought in north
The customs department said on Wednesday it would step up checks on vehicles at crossing points and seize fuel bought in the north. The department...
Customs seize thousands of smuggled cigarettes
Customs authorities on Wednesday seized thousands of illicit cigarettes and large quantities of tobacco in two separate cases in Nicosia and Paphos. A statement from...
Customs clamping down on fuel from the north
The customs department seized 150 litres of gasoline and 190 litres of diesel which were illegally imported from the north in March, department spokesman Christos...
Large number of duty-free cigarettes found in luggage
A Romanian national who arrived on a flight from Jordan was arrested on Thursday night when a large amount of tax free cigarettes were found...
Customs seize fake fur coats
Custom officers have seized counterfeit fur coats worth €500,000 in Limassol, they announced on Friday. During a search of a Limassol warehouse 223 fake fur...
Fake designer clothes bust
The customs department said on Monday it had confiscated fake designer shoes and clothing items from a Pallouriotissa shop in Nicosia, worth around €10,000 According...
Red tape hampers introduction of LPG for cars
MPs asked the interior ministry’s permanent secretary, Nicos Nikolaou, on Tuesday to act as an intermediary between state services to help speed up issuing final...
Vindication for secretary reprimanded for sexy dressing
A female secretary in the Customs Department who was reprimanded by her supervisor’s wife for dressing too sexily has been vindicated by the ombudswoman...
