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Jump to full article: Daily Post North Wales (uk), 2007-11-16
Author: Aaron Boland, Daily Post
Intro: CUSTOMS officials have seized huge amounts of smuggled cigarettes and tobacco in North Wales raids.
In a three day operation covering the whole of North Wales, officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) swooped on homes in Holyhead and Queensferry.
The raids netted 80,000 cigarettes and 200kg of tobacco. Cash totalling £5,000 was also recovered. The amount of duty evaded amounts to £40,000.
Last night an HMRC spokeswoman said people had been interviewed but no arrests had been made and no one had yet been charged.
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