Larnaca Airport customs officers recently ramped up checks on passengers departing to UK airports, according to an official announcement on Tuesday.
On January 18, the customs department said it seized seventy 50-gram tobacco packages, and 24 cartons of cigarettes from a passengers luggage.
Additionally, seven 50-gram packets of tobacco, six cigarette cartons, and ten individual cigarette packs were found on another passenger, while a third passenger was found with twenty-three cartons of cigarettes.
According to the announcement, on January 19, another passenger was caught with 122 cartons.
Meanwhile, customs carried out similar controls at the Ayios Dometios cross-point.
On January 21, the customs department found and seized twenty-five cigarette cartons and 220 50-gram tobacco packs from a vehicle. The vehicle, used for the illegal transport of the tobacco products to the south, was also impounded.
The suspects admitted that they bought the duty-free tobacco products from the north, intending to smuggle them to the United Kingdom.
For all five cases, an out-of-court settlement was accepted with a total fine payment of €19,900 euros and the abandonment of the seized products.
The vehicle was returned to its owner following a restitution fine of €500.
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