Two separate cases of tobacco smuggling revealed by its auditors ADE at his Customs Office Athens International Airport «Eleftherios Venizelos», with total 477,000 smuggled cigarettes seized.
According to the ADE, the two cases They concern both postal parcels intended abroad and a passenger who attempted to carry a large amount of illegal cigarettes into her luggage.
In the first case, on September 10, auditors of the Anti-Fraud Department of Athens Customs Airport performed a check at the post parcel warehouse. With the assistance of the specially trained dog smoke detector «BANE», identified 26 shipments to Germany and Belgium. When checking packages were found overall 362,800 pieces illegal cigarettes, which were seized.
The investigation of the competent authorities is under way in order to identify the parcel dispatchers. A few days earlier, his customs inspectors «Eleftherios Venizelos» They have also prevented an attempt to import a large amount of illegal tobacco products.
Using information, the auditors have checked the baggage Passenger of Egyptian citizenship, which had arrived in Athens from Cairo. During the verification it was found to have shared into seven luggage total 114,200 pieces of illegal cigarettes. Tobacco products were seized, while the passenger was arrested and taken to the competent prosecutor.
Of the two cases, the corresponding duties and taxes amount to a total of EUR 97,619,70, according to the AADE data.
