60,000 illegal cigarettes seized from truck bound for Flint

16:12, Sep 26 2012

by Dave Goodban, Flintshire Chronicle

A LORRY bound for Flintshire was stopped carrying more than 60,000 illegal cigarettes. Border Force officers based at Port of Hull seized the load from a specially adapted truck which had arrived on a ferry from Rotterdam. The cigarettes were discovered hidden inside hollow metal beams underneath the trailer’s load of wet-wipe tissues. The lorry, which was travelling to Flint, was registered in Poland and had a Polish driver. The 63,680 cigarettes will be destroyed, but no further action will be taken against the driver. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT Border Force spokesman Sam Bullimore said: “This seizure came about as a direct result of the skill, expertise and technical knowledge of our officers, who work round the clock to keep our border secure and to make life as tough as possible for smugglers. “Cigarette smuggling is not a victimless crime. It defrauds the public purse out of huge sums of money at a time when the country can least afford it. “And the gangs behind this sort of criminality are also often involved in other serious organised crime.” The seizure was made in the morning last Thursday, September 20.

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