The Financial and Economic Crime Unit (SDOE) announced that it has confiscated two containers with a large shipment of tobacco products at the port of Piraeus.
The two containers had been shipped from China and Manila and according to the accompanying documentation, were meant to contain blankets and garden chairs.
During the inspection, SDOE’s officers discovered 412 boxes of counterfeit cigarettes in the first container and a further 1,048 boxes of Marble brand cigarettes. SDOE estimated that the cigarettes were worth 2,760,406.14 euros in taxes.
The investigation continues in order to locate the recipients, whose contact details in the shipping documents were found to be phony.
