Contraband cigarettes confiscated in freighter off Kissamos

Port authorities in Crete confiscated 3,000 boxes of contraband cigarettes, according to initial reports, that were found in a freighter outside the port of Kissamos. The vessel had left the port of Famagusta, in the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus, heading for a port in Albania,
 while the nine seamen on board told authorities they were unaware of the cargo's content.

 The confiscation of the contraband cargo was confirmed late on Friday afternoon by the Hania harbour master, who said that the vessel was in the gulf of Kissamos due to the weather conditions and was considered suspicious since it had attracted the attention of the authorities in the past as well.

ANA