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Tobacco smuggling gang arrested

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Roberto Galea 17.04.2015 14:39
Four members of an organised criminal group which smuggled cigarettes from Poland to the UK have been arrested by police in Bielsko Biała.
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British law enforcement officers were also involved in the arrests.

In total, officers seized two million cigarettes without tax stamps, more than half a ton of tobacco and two tobacco processing machines.

Officers from the Police Central Bureau of Investigation have been gathering information on the criminal group for some time.

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The raid on the criminals’ base in the Małopolska voivoidship in southern Poland resulted in the arrest of the four men aged between 34 and 41.

Officers also confiscated two firearms, five automobiles, as well as PLN 200,000 in cash, which were found during the raid. (rg)

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