Smuggling gang jailed
A gang that smuggled 150 million illegal cigarettes has been sentenced following a massive HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) surveillance operation.
Categories: smuggling
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Company director tried to smuggle thermal imaging rifle sights to Hong Kong
A company director from Wakefield has been jailed for two years for trying to ship military grade thermal imaging gun sights to a Hong Kong without a strategic export licence.
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Encrypted messages helped snare cigarette smugglers
A smuggling gang caught complaining about the seizure of millions of cigarettes on an encrypted phone network have been jailed.
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More than 11 million cigarettes seized
Four men have been arrested after the seizure of more than 11 million cigarettes in South Armagh.
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Cigarette smuggling gang jailed for 26 years
A gang caught red-handed with millions of counterfeit cigarettes at a Lincolnshire farm has been handed prison sentences totalling 26 years.
The small village of Midville, in East Lindsey, was the unlikely base for the gang who were caught with more than 6.5millon cigarettes, worth more than £1.8m in evaded duty.
Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) arrested Marcin Kopec, 44, and Woj -
HMRC returns looted ancient statue to Libya
A 2,500-year-old statue that was smuggled into the UK and seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been returned to the Libyan Government.
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Tougher penalties as taxman steps up the fight against tobacco smuggling
Hard-core tobacco smugglers and people who repeatedly smuggle, distribute and sell illicit tobacco could be hit by a fourfold increase in fines together with tough new civil penalties, as part of plans to crackdown on the smuggling of illicit tobacco.
