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Unusual Customs Seizure – One Ton of Waterpipe Tobacco

One million in cash and over a ton of waterpipe tobacco met the Customs Agency when they struck against a suspected address. The criminals want to make money – and what you can make money on, that's what they take in, says Erik Friberg, head of the Customs Agency's criminal department South.

Unusual Customs Seizure – One Ton of Waterpipe Tobacco

Prosecuted for 3.2 million smuggled cigarettes

The truck driver said he had furniture in the cargo, but a customs control at the port of Karlshamn in September revealed that the plastic-wrapped pallets contained 3. 2 million smuggled cigarettes.

Prosecuted for 3.2 million smuggled cigarettes