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Large | Security. Customs control tobacco purchases at the Luxembourg border

Umpteenth customs operation aimed at controlling tobacco purchases made in Luxembourg, this Wednesday, December 9 in Moselle Nord. A mobile device of the customs services which is part of a day when their colleagues from Mont-Saint-Martin and Saint-Avold acted, at their own borders, Belgian and German.

This time, north of Thionville, a device was positioned at the entrance to Hettange-Grande, on the Soetrich side, where a squad of agents filtered the automobile flow in the afternoon.

A couple caught with 13 kilos of tobacco

“In 2020, the units of the Lorraine North division organized a large number of punch operations targeting so-called ant trafficking, leading to the completion of a very large number of disputes and the seizure of several tonnes of tobacco. , despite the health crisis, ”recalls Thomas Daguin, divisional chief Lorraine North.

The official stresses that this day of Wednesday allowed the police to send an essential message: “Zero tolerance on the quantities of tobacco exceeding the authorized threshold per person, ie one cartridge. “

A couple pinched with 13 kilograms of tobacco learned this the hard way.

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