The police have seized around 3,000 cigarettes plus a small amount of tobacco and arrested a 45-year-old-man who is suspected of attempting to sell the cigarettes without paying excise duty. The cigarettes were found in the man’s car.

The arrest was made at Misraħ il-Bajja, St Paul’s Bay, after the police received an anonymous tip about the sale of contraband cigarettes.

Further investigations are being conducted by the Customs Enforcement Unit and Qawra police.