From: Economia
Five men have been arrested in North London on suspicion of smuggling cigarettes and alcohol after an operation by HMRC to tackle an estimated £1m tax fraud
The men were caught unloading suspected illegal cigarettes from a vehicle at an industrial unit in the Tottenham area. The cigarettes were hidden in hollowed out metal plating, part of a cargo that had arrived from Poland. Further searches of two other industrial units revealed large quantities of suspected smuggled alcohol.
In total, HMRC officers seized 3,500,000 cigarettes and over 150,000 cans of beer and cider from the industrial units. During searches of the men’s homes and vehicles officers seized £40,000 in cash.
