Customs find third illegal cigarette plant this year

Customs officials have uncovered an illegal cigarette manufacturing plant, the third such discovery of this year. 620,000 cigarettes and 7,300 kilos of tobacco were confiscated near the town of Nymburk, east of Prague, and customs estimated the potential tax damage at 13 million crowns. Police reported that the production was organised by a group of foreigners residing illegally in the Czech Republic, and that the cigarettes were intended for sale in England. The total tax evasion from the potential sale of illegally manufactured cigarettes uncovered this year has been estimated at 175 million crowns.