Coast Guard Seizes 10.5 Million Cigarettes at Piraeus

FTZ News: Hellenic Coast Guard officers (Greece), with customs and tax officials, pulled 10.5 million contraband cigarettes out of a container at the Port of Piraeus. A 33-year-old foreign national was arrested.

According to Shipping and Island Policy Minister Vassilis Kikilias, who posted the details on X, the cigarettes were packed inside the container. Unpaid duties and taxes on the shipment totaled €2,148,862.99.

Kikilias said the officers who handled the case protect the borders and the public interest. He noted they work quietly, day and night.

Coast Guard personnel from the port security office worked with the Customs Service and the Independent Authority for Public Revenue on the seizure. The container was found and opened at the port.