268ft cigar enters Guinness Book of Records

A Cuban cigar roller has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest stogie.

Castelar Cairo, known as Cueto, rolled a 268ft cigar to put himself into the record books for the fifth time.

He first set a record by rolling a 36ft cigar in 2001 and went on to surpass this record three times before his latest achievement, which he started last week assisted by a team of helpers.

Cueto, 67, said: "The record for the largest cigar has to be in Cuba forever, because Cuba is the place with the best cigars in the world."