Five Brits arrested for trying to take 75kg of rolling tobacco from north to Manchester

Five British nationals appeared at the Larnaca district court on Sunday, accused of having attempted to smuggle almost 75 kilograms’ worth of rolling tobacco from northern Cyprus onto a flight to Manchester.

The five had been arrested at Larnaca airport on Saturday, with the customs department saying that three suspects had a total of 300 packages, weighing 50 grams each, of rolling tobacco in his suitcase, adding up to a combined weight of 15kg per person, 45kg in total....