Friday, February 18, 2011

Ukraine-flag ship seized with contraband cigarettes

A Ukraine-flag freighter loaded with 1,990 crates of contraband cigarettes was seized by port authorities off the Argosaronic Gulf early Friday. 
 
The ship was escorted to Piraeus, where its 8-member crew was arrested. 
 
The ship's destination and port of sail were not yet known. 
 
According to port authority estimates, the crates contained a total of 19.9 million cigarettes 



source: ANA-MPA