RGP SEIZES £300,000 WORTH OF TOBACCO

GIBRALTAR (Text & Photo: GibChronicle) RG Police on Saturday executed search warrants under the Tobacco Act at Laguna Estate and other locations on the Rock and seized 340 boxes of tobacco valued at approximately £300,000. Few details were available after the raids but people in the area said plainclothes policemen filled at least four large vans with cases of cigarettes. A police spokesman said he was unable to comment because the operation was still in progress. It is understood that the operation focuses on illicit tobacco activity and breaches of the retail licence.