Staggering number of cigarettes seized from passengers flying into Heathrow from abroad revealed
MORE than 125million cigarettes were seized last year from passengers flying into Heathrow from abroad.
All the hauls — enough to fill around 6.2million packets of 20 — were destroyed.
Border Force officials also stopped 19.5 tons of cannabis and nearly 1.3 tons of cocaine and heroin being smuggled in through the UK’s busiest airport.
Meanwhile entry was refused to 3,733 out of the 7,587 passengers investigated on landing, many for not having the correct visa.
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