Polish smugglers caught and jailed

Smuggling from Poland to the UK has always been a problem due to the huge difference in taxation levels, and now yet another huge attempted import was stopped and seized. Two people tried to smuggle in 117,240 cigarettes - which should have had an astonishing £30,180 in tax paid. They tried to sneak in instead, and were caught by HM Customs and Revenue officers who are well aware of such scams.

eadt.co.uk/news/polish-cigarette-smugglers-jailed-after-stop-at-harwich-international-port-1-5036670

Fortunately, they were caught, and now one of them is facing a 10 month prison sentence while the other faces a 15 month prison sentence. The message will surely be getting through to these criminals - CRIME DOES NOT PAY IN THE UK. One can only wonder how many cigarettes were smuggled from Poland to the UK in the last 13 years.

This is a big thing. Aside from the lack of any quality control - these cigs could contain anything - it defrauds the public of the excise revenue:


kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/cigarette-smuggler-caught-red-handed-123588/

Counterfeit cigarettes are a big thing here too, many unfit for use.

It's definitely getting more and more noticeable that every article you and your expat friends promote on here is either a negative one about Poland or Polish people or something positive about other cultures and how amazing they are and Poland should be accepting them in to the community.

I can't remember you ever post a link to something praising Polish culture, faith and tradition. Feel free to point me to these posts if you have.

Another case here, this one involving $9 million worth of countrfeit cigarettes produced in Poland and destined for illegal export:


thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/292439,Poland-smashes-international-tobacco-smuggling-gang

All praise to the Polish Police. We should have faith in their initiatives to stop Polish counterfeit cigarette smuggling culture, which is something of a tradition.

I remember when I was in London a friend of mine told me "look what i'm smoking" , his pack of cigarettes had the words "palenie zabija" , I was surprised, he told me " yeah, cigarettes are very expensive here in the UK, so I buy them from a local grocery store that has them smuggled from Poland"

You mean confiscatory and unjust British robbery taxes!

You may politely advice him that cigs smuggled from Lithuania and Russia are even cheaper. They have "kurenie ubivaet" on the pack.

One of ofenders name is Dariusz Kierencew another dangerous criminal with zorro mask is a woman hyhyhy :)


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Yes I do :) , how does this change anything ?

Not many as