Duty-free tobacco products, diesel and drugs at the Ledra Street, Kato Pyrgos and Ayios Dometios crossing points have been seized, the customs department announced on Wednesday.

In the early hours of Monday, customs officers at the Ledra Street crossing point stopped a Romanian woman who has previously been involved in similar offences.

During a search, she was found to be carrying 10 cartons of cigarettes, containing 200 cigarettes each, as well as 600g of rolling tobacco.

The products did not bear the required health warnings in Greek and Turkish, indicating they were duty-free.

She was arrested and the tobacco products confiscated. The case was later settled out of court with the payment of €800.

On Tuesday, officers at the Kato Pyrgos crossing point inspected a vehicle driven by a Cypriot citizen and found 60 litres of diesel, which were confiscated.

The driver paid €200 for an out-of-court settlement and was subsequently allowed to proceed.

On the same day, at the Ayios Dometios crossing point, customs officers in cooperation with members of the police stopped a vehicle driven by a Greek Cypriot, with his 21-year-old son as a passenger.

A search of the 21-year-old’s waist bag uncovered 4g of cocaine, 2g of cannabis and two grinders.

The drug squad (Ykan) was notified and took over the investigation, with the drugs and the individuals involved handed over.