Bouches-Du-Rhône: a Record Seizure of Contraband Cigarettes in Fos-Sur-Mer

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A record seizure of contraband cigarettes was carried out near Marseille, in the port of Fos-sur-Mer: the equivalent of 80,000 cartridges, hidden in a container from Turkey. An investigation was opened.

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A record seizure. The Marseille customs officers intercepted, on Monday 19 January, on the port of Fos-sur-Mer, a cargo of nearly 16 tons of contraband cigarettes, reveals this Friday 30 January the General Directorate of Customs, the result of a "close coordination" between the various port customs services, in direct connection with the intelligence functions [...]