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Customs sieze illegal diesel, cigs and vodka

A joint customs operation in Lithuania and other EU member states seized almost 45 million smuggled cigarettes, nearly 140,000 litres of diesel fuel – much of it in the UK - and about 14,000 litres of Vodka, the European Commission reported. The Operation code-named 'Warehouse' was carried-out in October 2013 by the Lithuanian Customs Service and the Lithuanian Tax Inspectorate in close cooperation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and ... [+]