Customs officers seized almost 70,000 cigarettes and large quantities of tobacco at Skotterud

Cigarettes smugglingPhoto: Tolletaten / NTB

Last month, customs officers at the Magnormoen control station seized close to 70,000 cigarettes and 10 kilos of fruit tobacco in a car at Skotterud in Eidskog.

The car was stopped and checked on national road 2 on the evening of October 24.

The tax evasion amounted to NOK 242,500.

In August, customs officers at the Magnormoen checkpoint seized over two and a half million cigarettes and 5,000 liters of liquor, hidden in the cargo of an Estonian lorry.

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