Jul 24 - HM Customs Cigarette Seizures Result In Two Arrests
Officers of HM Customs disrupted an attempt to export cigarettes from the area of Mons Calpe Road yesterday. A Spanish registered jet-ski was intercepted as it approached the coastline and the two occupants fled the scene out of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. Customs retrieved 10,000 cigarettes (50 cartons) from the sea in Waterport basin.
In a separate incident, two local residents were arrested by Customs in the early hours of the morning. A 25 year old woman was arrested in the vicinity of Eastern Beach after a short pursuit. The locally indexed vehicle she had been travelling in was found to contain 50,000 cigarettes (250 cartons). The driver of the car, a 22 year old local man, was seen to flee the scene. He was identified and later arrested. Both persons have been bailed to surrender on August 28th. The car and the cigarettes have been seized by HM Customs.
