Jump to full article: Belfast Telegraph (uk), 2009-07-08
Author: Claire McNeilly
Intro: Two Northern Ireland men arrested in connection with one of the largest ever international tobacco smuggling scams have been released on bail.
A third man from England is still in custody.
The men were arrested during a number of early morning raids yesterday by officers from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) investigating the smuggling of hundreds of millions of cigarettes from the Far East into the UK and the Republic.
The raids represent part of an 18-month probe into suspected tax evasion and laundering the proceeds of crime.
Two men arrested in Co Londonderry were detained but released on bail yesterday evening, while the Englishman was last night still being questioned.
The arrests were made following the search of private and business premises by HMRC officers on both sides of the border and in Cambridgeshire.
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