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Jump to full article: PANORAMA (gi), 2006-10-23
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Intro: A spectacular haul of 765,000 cigarettes have been found hidden onboard the QE2 luxury liner on return to Britain from a Mediterranean cruise. A crew member has been arrested.
HM Customs told PANORAMA that the cigarettes had been loaded in Gibraltar and duty had been evaded. . . .
As a result of the discovery, Customs Officers questioned a 41 year-old crew member “and established that the cigarettes had not been ordered and paid for by the ship but had been paid for in cash at a cost of over £31,000.”
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