Customs officers found 3,264 undeclared cigarettes when they searched a bunkering vessel in harbour over the weekend, the Customs Department said on Monday.

More contraband cigarettes were found during routine inspections in outlets in Luqa and Valletta along with a quantity of wines and spirits on which no excise duty had been paid. The total haul was 7,864 cigarettes and 232 bottles of alcohol products.

Separately, a police raid in Valletta also yielded 4,600 contraband cigarettes found in a bar.

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