Smuggling charge after seizure of over 12k cigarettes (From Daily Echo)
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Smuggling charge for Hythe man after seizure of over 12,000 cigarettes
11:39am Monday 10th September 2012 in News
By Chris Yandell, Chief Reporter, New Forest
Smuggling charge after seizure of over 12k cigarettes
A HAMPSHIRE man has been charged with evading excise duty totalling £15,800.
David Michael Carr, 44, of Ocknell Grove, Hythe , was arrested at the Port of Harwich in Essex following the seizure of 12,800 cigarettes and 78 kilos of tobacco.
Carr was detained on suspicion of evading duty on tobacco goods and was subsequently charged at Clacton police station following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs.
Carr was released on bail until September 25, when he will appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court.
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1:31pm Mon 10 Sep 12