
MPs probe further on cigarette smuggling
AKEL MP IriniCharalambidou on Tuesday questioned the customs department’s decision to ask the attorney-general to suspend prosecution of individuals implicated in a cigarette smuggling case in 2009 because they could not locate them.The House Watchdog Committee discussed the matter on Tuesday and questions were raised about the handling of two cases by the customs department.The MP said they were surprised to see a letter from customs asking for the prosecution of three individuals and a company to be suspended supposedly because they could not locate the defendants to deliver the charge sheets.PetrosClerides, who was attorney-general at the time, wrote to customs on July 26, 2013, noting that “it is very strange that delivering the charge sheets was not possible” considering that it was a well known company and the individuals were very well known members of Cypriot society.
http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/01/26/mps-probe-further-on-cigarette-smuggling/
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