Vienna (OTS) – In mid-May, Austrian customs officers seized 400 bins of smuggled cigarettes at Vienna airport. The items had been discovered throughout a routine inspection within the inexperienced tunnel, when customs officers first noticed an uncommon X-ray picture. Therefore, suspicious baggage – 4 journey baggage – belonging to the 59-year-old traveler was opened, and it turned out that the Nigerian lady was transporting 80,000 cigarettes of unlawful substances. The lady entered Austria from Lagos through Doha.
“Cigarette smuggling will not be a small crime. Through regulation, our tax officers guarantee truthful financial situations and make sure that solely the fitting items attain the market and are consumed,” stated Finance Minister Magnus Brunner.
The Austrian tax workplace confiscated the smuggled cigarettes and declared the products misplaced. Financial crime motion for trafficking in ladies is underway. He faces a high quality of as much as 38,000 euros.
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