The arrest of two people, for the possession and transportation of a quantity of smuggled tobacco products, was proceeded by the Port Authorities of Mykonos and Piraeus.

At noon on Friday, in the new port of Mykonos and during checks when boarding passengers on a passenger-aurators, a 60-year-old Egyptian national was arrested, carrying a total of 147 boxes of cigarettes in two luggage and a total of 147 boxes of cigarettes. consumption.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a 62 -year -old Egyptian national was also on the same ship, carrying additional smuggling tobacco products. In the afternoon of the same day, as the ship in the port of Piraeus, executives of the Central Port Authority’s Security Office found the 62 -year -old, in possession of 200 boxes of cigarettes, with 10 parcels of 20 pieces each, also without the procedure.

The 62 -year -old was arrested and transferred to the Mykonos Port Authority, while a total of 72,000 cigarettes were seized, which will be delivered to Mykonos Customs. The deducting duties and taxes from smuggling are estimated at € 21,499.37.