Customs flags smuggling route from occupied areas to Israel

Customs officers seized untaxed tobacco from an Israeli passenger heading to Larnaca Airport in a Turkish Cypriot taxi on August 12, and said seizures involving Israeli nationals at the crossing points have risen at a worrying rate over the past two months.

Officers stopped the taxi at the Deryneia crossing point during routine checks under the Green Line Regulation. In the passenger’s luggage they found 15 cartons of 200 cigarettes each and three one-kilo packs of shisha tobacco, none...