Israeli man fined €840 after 14 cartons of untaxed cigarettes found at checkpoint

Customs officers stopped a Turkish Cypriot taxi carrying an Israeli passenger at the Deryneia crossing point on August 2, during routine checks enforcing the Green Line Regulation, as the taxi carried the passenger toward Larnaca Airport. A search of his luggage turned up 14 cartons of cigarettes, each containing 200 cigarettes.

The cartons carried none of the required Greek and Turkish-language health warnings, nor the security feature and unique traceability code needed for legally taxed...