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Thessaloniki coast guard officers make conraband cigarette haul

Coast guard officers in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, have arrested two suspects in connection with a cargo container carrying nearly 9 million packets of contraband cigarettes.

The two suspects, aged 64 and 48, were arrested as they took possession of the documents pertaining to the container in which the illegal goods were found.

Both faced a prosecutor.

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