Greater than 438 items of smuggled cigarettes and numerous different portions of tobacco merchandise have been seized.

Greater than 438 items of smuggled cigarettes and numerous different portions of tobacco merchandise have been seized.

The Customs and Oblique Taxes Administration said in its report on exercise for the 12 months 2023 that 438,784 items of smuggled cigarettes and numerous different portions of tobacco merchandise have been seized throughout the 12 months 2023.

The Customs Administration highlighted that, throughout the previous 12 months, it labored to accentuate its measures aimed toward combating the illicit commerce in cigarettes, recording constructive outcomes, with the seizure of an extra 1.85 tons of floor tobacco, 789 kilograms of tobacco leaves, and an extra ton of Indian hemp.

The identical supply added that the Customs and Oblique Taxes Administration’s continued efforts and its everlasting cooperation with all involved events led to decreasing the amount of this commerce, thus contributing to defending public well being and the nationwide financial system.

Furthermore, in response to the outcomes of the tenth examine on the unfold of smuggled cigarettes, which was carried out in 2023, the prevalence of the latter witnessed some decline, because it recorded a charge of 1.85 % in comparison with the earlier two years (2.81 % in 2022 and 1.91 % within the 12 months 2021).

Alternatively, the Customs Administration’s steady efforts to fight numerous sorts of smuggling, by means of using technological instruments and cooperation with different nationwide and worldwide safety companies, have enabled vital seizures to be recorded throughout the 12 months 2023, with a rise in comparison with the earlier 12 months.

Thus, operations to fight drug and cigarette trafficking throughout the 12 months 2023 enabled the seizure of 21 tons of Indian hashish, in comparison with 17 tons in 2022, 261 kg of exhausting medication, in comparison with 85.5 kg in 2022, and 361,572 hallucinogenic tablets, in comparison with 2,023,548 a 12 months in the past. And three.3 tons of molasses, in comparison with 1.2 tons in 2022.