Man fined 42,000 euros after contraband cigarettes found in car
A man aged 65 was arrested on Saturday night after Nicosia police found 699 boxes of cigarettes in his car during a police check.
They also said they found five packs of ...
Customs seize over 80,000 illegal cigarettes in July
The customs department seized over 27 kilos of cannabis at Larnaca airport and confiscated 81,360 cigarettes for which no duty was paid during the month of July.
On top of that, they ...
Police seize duty-free tobacco, laughing gas
A total of 4,700 grammes of duty-free tobacco, 87 counterfeit logo T-shirts and 3,813 laughing gas ampoules were confiscated after police and customs checks in the Famagusta district.
Police and the customs department ...
Customs department seized eight vehicles in February
Customs seized eight vehicles in February, most for them for using coloured diesel and one for the illegal transport of duty-free tobacco products from the north, it said on Tuesday.
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Customs offices should boost use of technology says department
The pandemic has highlighted the need to invest in the use of technology by the customs department, to speed up processes and controls to become more efficient and boost legal ...