Tag: tobacco smuggling
Gibraltar police act fast to arrest fine-payers on drug money suspicion
Six Spanish national were accused of paying the £10,000 fine with black money as it was all handed over in cash at Windmill Hill Prison.
Dramatic sea chase leads to arrests in Gibraltar waters
FOUR Spanish nationals have been arrested after a high speed chase off Sandy Bay along with a boat believed to be used for drug smuggling.
Gibraltar admits it needs to do more to fight dirty money after EU report
Gibraltar needs to improve money laundering and terrorist funding measures according to a European Council report published its findings this week.
Money laundering suspect arrested in Gibraltar during cross-frontier police operation
A local man has been arrested on money laundering charges related to drug smuggling by the Royal Gibraltar Police with the help of the Guardia Civil.
Customs officers attacked as they halt illegal tobacco smuggling in Gibraltar waters this morning
CUSTOMS officers resisted attacks by suspected smugglers to seize 1,500 cartons of tobacco this morning after a battle at sea.
Six arrests in Spain as Guardia Civil seize 15,000 packs of cigarettes from Gibraltar that were sold in sweet...
It is thought that the smuggling gang made orders of between 3,500 and 5,000 packs of cigarettes a week
Five Guardia Civil officers jailed in Spain for tobacco smuggling through Gibraltar
The arrest of these Guardia Civil agents marks the second from the Spanish institution in less than a month
UP IN SMOKE: Tobacco giant claims illegal cigarette sales from Gibraltar have doubled in Spain
A LEADING tobacco company claims the number of illegal cigarettes being sold in Spain, via Gibraltar, has doubled in a year. Altadis insists 30.3% of...
Smoking them out in Gibraltar
After a big rise in tobacco smuggling and the La Linea mayoress describing the border as an ‘epicentre for scoundrels’, the Olive Press sent James Bryce to investigate
Smuggling on the rise between Gibraltar and Spain
EXCLUSIVE: Cigarette smuggling on the Rock triples in just three years
Motorbike checks at the Gibraltar border investigated
MEP Sir Graham Watson says recent checks could breach EU freedom of movement rules
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