Nine quizzed over Europe's largest cigarette seizure

A ship’s captain was tonight among nine men being quizzed by detectives after customs officials seized Europe’s largest ever haul of smuggled cigarettes.

A ship’s captain was tonight among nine men being quizzed by detectives after customs officials seized Europe’s largest ever haul of smuggled cigarettes.

More than 120 million cigarettes – valued at €50m - were stuffed in animal feed bags in a vessel that sailed here from the Philippines.

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