The cigarettes, found in eight containers, were worth about £44m in unpaid taxes
The cigarettes, found in eight containers, were worth about £44m in unpaid taxes, His Majesty's Revenue and Customs said.A 57-year-old man from South Wales was arrested in July in connection with the seizure and has been released on bail, HMRC said.
Anthony Usher, deputy director of HMRC's fraud investigation service, said:"This is the single largest seizure of cigarettes ever made at a UK port.They were found at the port of Hull, East Yorks., and were said to have been shipped through the United Arab Emirates, import papers suggested.
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