#cigarettes

Two British nationals, both aged 22 years old, were arrested after attempting to smuggle a combined total of 25,000 untaxed cigarettes through Larnaca airport, the customs department announced on Friday. The pair ...

A man was issued a fine of €77,000 in a massive duty-free tobacco haul on Tuesday. The customs department, in a coordinated operation, checked three vans – two in Nicosia and one ...

Customs officers seized over 34,000 cigarettes at Paphos airport on Saturday, after checking the luggage of a three-member Turkish Cypriot family departing for the UK. The passengers, holding Republic of Cyprus ...

A Turkish Cypriot woman was arrested at Paphos airport after being found with almost 40kg of tobacco products she had brought from the north, the customs department said on Monday. ...

Police fined a 50-year-old man with €1,000 for transporting cigarettes from the north, it emerged on Monday. The man was found on Sunday night in Kissonerga, Paphos. Police found 11 cigarette boxes ...

Almost a third of Cypriots are still smokers, according to statistics compiled by research company Marc released on Tuesday. Marc, acting on behalf of Philip Morris Cyprus, interviewed a total ...

Two migrants who were admitted to the Pournara reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia were arrested and fined €2,400 on Monday after they were found with 47 packets of 200 cigarettes and 500 g of tobacco. ...

Police have confiscated 160 litres of petrol, as well as 107 boxes of cigarettes and 12 boxes of tobacco, from a vehicle on the road between the villages of Kato Moni and Menoiko. ...

Three people out of 10 in Cyprus smoke, while half of the smoking population say there is not enough information on how to quit, according to a poll conducted in the ...

Supermarkets in the north were emptied of alcohol after news hit of a big price hike to be slapped on them through increased taxation. Some shop owners pre-emptively took bottles ...

Small shops bemoaning the limited money to be made from cigarettes indicates there is a fixed price, but a spokesman for the industry said on Tuesday this is not true. “...

A 57-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Saturday after he was found with more than 24 kilos of duty-free tobacco, following a car chase in Limassol, during which officers ...

A man aged 65 was arrested on Saturday night after Nicosia police found 699 boxes of cigarettes in his car during a police check. They also said they found five packs of ...

The customs department seized over 27 kilos of cannabis at Larnaca airport and confiscated 81,360 cigarettes for which no duty was paid during the month of July. On top of that, they ...