A British woman who attempted to travel from Paphos Airport to Liverpool with a suitcase full of cigarettes from the occupied territories spent four days in a cell.
Specifically, on June 24, 2026, Customs Department officials at Paphos Airport, after evaluating intelligence, identified a female passenger of British nationality, prior to her departure for Liverpool, United Kingdom, whose luggage contained large quantities of cigarettes, the packaging of which did not bear the health warnings in Greek and Turkish, nor did it include the security feature or the unique traceability code, indicating that they were duty-free.
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Specifically, a total of 46 cartons, each containing 200 cigarettes, and 40 packs, each containing 20 cigarettes, were found in the passenger’s luggage. The passenger was arrested for offenses committed in flagrante delicto, and her luggage and its contents were confiscated. Today, she was brought before the Paphos District Court, which issued an order for her to be held in custody for four days to facilitate the investigation. The Paphos Customs Office is continuing its investigation into the case.
