Student smuggled 33,800 cigarettes from Poland through Scots airports
A student caught smuggling 33,800 cigarettes into Scotland from Poland claimed they were for her and her partner. Iwona Monica Kowal, a student from Dundee, was caught on three separate occasions by UK Border Agency staff after flying from Poland into Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports.
She was caught with a total of 33,800 cigarettes stuffed into her baggage, Paisley Sheriff Court heard. The Excise Duty on the haul would have been £9241.
Depute fiscal Frank Clarke said that after being intercepted carrying 15,800 contraband cigarettes Kowal was subsequently quizzed by officers of HM Revenue & Customs as she flew into Glasgow Airport on April 8, 2013.
Related Posts
P1.3-M fake cigarettes seized in QC
An estimated P1.3 million worth of smuggled fake cigarettes were seized by...
In brief: Yet more seizures in NFL fakes crackdown
Over the last week, federal agents in the US have seized $1.5m worth of...
Two million smuggled cigarettes seized at Dublin Port
Revenue officers, acting on intelligence, commenced an examination of a shipping...
Thousands of fake fashion products seized in HCMC.
Market Management Team No.27 under HCMC Market Management Department sequestered...