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.