WARSAW, POLAND : Polish Police on Tuesday arrested 32 people after raiding a huge illegal cigarette factory near Warsaw, Poland, disrupting plans by an international criminal gang to enter the European Union (EU) market with millions of illegal cigarettes During the operation, authorities also seized cigarette making machinery and materials, including over 50 tons of cut tobacco and a consignment of nearly 5 million cigarettes, which had already ... Jump to full article >>

JASON Kong 50, and Yun Feng Zhang, 30, the two men arrested in connection with last week’s illegal cigarette bust in Beverly Hills, St Andrew, were this morning remanded in custody until Monday when they appeared in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate’s court. Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey said she would not consider bail, because of threats made to investigators in the case, and because statements were still outstanding from cigarette di ... Jump to full article >>

A  smuggler who was stopped at a ferry port with a people carrier crammed full of 28,000 cigarettes was given a suspended prison sentence today. According to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), Karl Hansen, 47, from Stockton-on-Tees, was found with almost 450 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco as well as the cigarettes when he was stopped at Poole Ferry Port, in Dorset. Bournemouth Crown Court heard how Hansen was stopped on October 3, last year, by of ... Jump to full article >>

At a news conference in mid-election campaign last year, Prime Minister Harper held up flavoured tobacco products and promised that, if relected, the Conservatives would crack down on tobacco that tasted like mints, bubble gum and banana splits. “As a parent I was appalled to see tobacco products being marketed in a way that is clearly enticing children, ” said Mr. Harper. He promised to ban ingredients that imparted extreme flavour ... Jump to full article >>