Doncaster man punished for dealing in illicit tobacco
A Doncaster man has been punished for his part in an underworld operation dealing in illicit tobacco worth more than £44, 000 in duty taxes. Nottingham Crown Court heard how Andrew Mason was spotted by customs officers unloading 125kg of illegal hand-rolling tobacco from a van with another man on George Street in Doncaster in January 2016.
He was arrested and officers found £2, 500 cash in his pockets, which he admitted was for buying the illicit goods. The court heard earlier how Andrew Bond, aged 54, and his son Joe Karlson Bond, aged 22, of Ha’penny Bridge Way in Hull, were caught buying 50, 000 cigarettes and 50kg hand-rolling tobacco at a car park in Retford, Nottinghamshire, in October 2015.
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According to Japan Today, officials were said to have found the gold bars worth over 500 million yen (RM19.1mil) hidden under the clothing of 10 Malaysians who had arrived at the airport from the country.
The Malaysians reportedly walked through the required customs declaration procedures without declaring the gold bars. The case is being investigated as a suspected violation of the customs and consumption tax laws.
According to the news portal, gold smuggling has been on the rise since Japan’s consumption tax was raised from 5% to 8% in April 2014. It said many gold smuggling cases reported since then involved passengers arriving on flights from airports in Hong Kong and South Korea.
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