Trailer holding 9 million smuggled cigarettes seized at Immingham Docks
A trailer containing almost nine million smuggled cigarettes has been discovered by Border Force officers at Immingham Docks.
The discovery was made on Thursday evening when officers searched an unaccompanied trailer that had arrived on a ferry from Vlaardingen, in The Netherlands.
Officers discovered 8,960,000 cigarettes concealed inside 20 wooden pallets which were labelled as wooden flooring.
Mark Robinson, Border Force Assistant Director for the Humber ports, said that, had the smuggling attempt proved successful, it could have cost the Treasury around £2.5 million in unpaid duty and VAT.
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