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Employee of firm tasked with destroying contraband caught stealing it

A 34-year-old man has been arrested in Thessaloniki for stealing contraband cigarettes that had been seized by police and were awaiting incineration.

The man worked at the firm in the Efkarpia area that was due to destroy the cigarettes but was found in possession of 2,565 packets from the illegal consignment.

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