The same thing happened to a friend coming back from Bulgaria a few years ago.

He had really 'taken the p' on how many he brought back and customs were waiting for him - no doubt about that.

His son, who was about 8 at the time, offered to help the customs officer count how many packs there were and stacked them up on the desk as they got removed from the cases. His dad was none too pleased

John

Just been reading a government publicity brief on smoking and health issues.
A long document and about three quarters way through it talks of economic effects of smoking. Goes on to say that approx 53% of rolling tobacco is imported illegally and at a cost to HMC and R of £3billion per annum.
The report carries on with the statement that lots more officers are to be recruited to stamp this out!
wether they mean at the airports/ ports etc with the normal tourist and his/her extra 200 fags or if it just means " commercial" smuggling enterprises I have no idea.

you have been warned!!

Thankfully my wife and i gave up the dreaded weed 11yrs ago,when our youngest was born,as we wanted to be around to see him grow up..but i,m not going to be a hypocrite and condemn people for smoking,the reason i posted this thread,was to see what i could legally bring in to uk,for family and friends,and not for gain,as we had never been to a non eu country,but as an aside maybe if our government did not thrash the british public in taxes,maybe people would not smuggle...just a thought...can,t wait for altinkum in may...maybe bump into some of you..kind regards the purplerainbow..sully

Can anyone confirm that the tobacco bought at dalaman airport is authentic and not fake. I bought golden virginia at dalaman as they had run out on the flight out and did not want to take the chance of them not having any again on the way back. However the packs that i bought at dalaman look different to what i had already got at home from a previous flight. They look like the an old design. Hope they are the real thing !!

dealo wrote:

Can anyone confirm that the tobacco bought at dalaman airport is authentic and not fake.

I don't smoke, but duty free in the departures area my mum has always found to be genuine products. If you purchase goods in resort, it's hit and miss if it's genuine or not but it's a little easier to tell these days as they're required to have the orange duty paid sticker on them. No sticker, the goods aren't genuine.

Darren

we always buy our tabbaco at dalaman and it always been ok
just dont buy it in the resorts