Police uncovered a warehouse in Spijkenisse on February 18 filled with more than 3.8 million illegal cigarettes. Evidence suggests the cigarettes were intentionally packaged in boxes bearing the logo and name of an Italian pastry manufacturer, possibly to disguise their true nature. Had the illegal cigarettes been distributed on the Dutch market, the state would have faced an estimated fiscal …
HONG KONG -- Customs of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said Thursday it seized about 2.6 million suspected illicit cigarettes a day before. Customs officers inspected a 20-foot container declared to contain tableware arriving in Hong Kong from Guangzhou at the River Trade Terminal Cargo Examination Compound in Tuen Mun on Wednesday. The seized cigarettes, with an estimated market …
