Customs hidden 14m-cigarette haul leaves police in the dark
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Customs officials reportedly kept the seizure of 14 million cigarettes to themselves rather than informing the police in Lendava. This follows a recent delay by the Tax Office in closing an illegal cigarette factory, suggesting a pattern where the left hand of the state is not only unaware of what the right hand is doing, but is not being told.
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