Customs seize drugs, tobacco and counterfeit items across Cyprus
The customs department seized over nine kilos of cannabis and confiscated around 67,000 cigarettes across Cyprus in May. On top of that, it also seized...
tobacco
Police find tobacco stash in pensioner’s home
Larnaca police found duty-free cigarettes and more than 12 kilos tobacco in the house of a pensioner on Tuesday. Following a tip-off, in collaboration with...
Kiosk owner fined €90,000 after tax free cigarettes found
Authorities fined a Famagusta kiosk owner €90,000 after finding 925 cartons of cigarettes and 24 kilos of tobacco whose tax had not been paid, it...
Tobacco seized as duties not paid
Police seized six kilos of tobacco for which duties had not been paid in the Larnaca district on Sunday. Officers stopped a car driven by...
Fine for duty free nargile tobacco
Larnaca customs department fined a 57-year-old man €3,500 after police found six kilos of duty-free nargile tobacco at his property in Larnaca, it announced on...
Hike in tobacco sales linked to checkpoint closures
Unlike other goods, which have seen a sharp decrease in consumption during the lockdown last spring, the sale of tobacco and cigarettes in Cyprus has...
Man fined €6,000 for possession of undeclared tobacco
A 23-year-old has been fined over €6,000, after police found a large number undeclared tobacco products in his possession, authorities said on Saturday. According to...
Customs seize hundreds of items, impose fines
By Becky Kammitsi The customs department said Monday it had seized 21,380 cigarettes, 25.8kg of rolling tobacco, 230 cigars, 400 Heets and 14 vehicles between...
Customs seize huge stash of contraband tobacco products in Limassol (Updated)
A 56-year-old Greek Cypriot man was remanded on Sunday for five days in connection to the discovery in Limassol of large quantities of cigarettes and...
Cigarettes, tobacco confiscated
Police confiscated a large amount of tobacco and cigarettes in Limassol on Wednesday evening. Officers on patrol stopped a car moving suspiciously and when they...
Big November haul for customs
Cyprus customs department said on Friday they seized thousands of cigarettes and tobacco products along with cash, cars, and fuel in the month of November....
Drugs suspect arrested in Paphos
Paphos police arrested a 31-year-old man in possession of drugs on Friday night, according to authorities. Police said the man was found with a small...
Customs seize goods worth €35,118 coming from the north during September
Customs seized over 63,000 cigarettes, 115,860 grammes of rolling tobacco and hookah and 110 cigars brought over from the north during the month of September,...
Police seize contraband tobacco, arrest suspect
Police on Sunday seized a large number of contraband cigarettes and tobacco and arrested a man, 39, in connection with the haul. The suspect was...
Police launch campaign to stop sale of tobacco to minors
Police launched an island-wide campaign on Friday to clamp down on the illegal sale of tobacco to minors on the occasion of World No Tobacco...
Two arrested over illegal import of pesticides
Two men, aged 72 and 66, are being investigated for money laundering and illegal import and sale of pesticides after authorities found around €70,000 in...
Huge haul of tobacco and cigarettes found hidden in car at Nicosia crossing
A Turkish Cypriot was arrested on Friday night at the Ayios Dhometios checkpoint after he was found attempting to smuggle to the south a total...
Authorities seize cigarettes and tobacco
Members of the crime prevention department seized a large quantity of cigarettes and tobacco on Wednesday evening in the Nicosia district. They had been illegally...
Huge stash of contraband found on Pyla premises
A Greek Cypriot, 42, was remanded for two days on Wednesday as a suspect for the illegal possession of tobacco products, wild birds and medicines....
Customs seize contraband cigarettes, culprit shells out €27,640
The customs department found more than 12 kilos of tobacco and 40,800 cigarettes which were imported illegally from the north in the home of a...