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Lm20 million worth of contraband cigarettes seized 

Jump to full article: Malta Independent (mt), 2004-04-06
Author: Angele Spiteri Paris

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The largest haul of smuggled cigarettes ever discovered in Malta was seized by the Customs department yesterday. Approximately 25 million cigarettes, worth about Lm20 million and believed to be bogus, were discovered at the Freeport Terminal in Malta as they were being shipped to Algeria from Asia.

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