Huge Fine for 5 Passengers Smuggling Cigarettes on Same Flight to Budapest

  • 9 Jun 2022 8:31 AM
  • Hungary Around the Clock
Huge Fine for 5 Passengers Smuggling Cigarettes on Same Flight to Budapest
Agents from the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) impounded 1,343 cartons of cigarettes at Liszt Ferenc International Airport from five passengers travelling on the same flight, the Office told state news agency MTI on Tuesday.

The five arriving from Abu Dhabi entered the country in the green corridor, and did not declare the cigarettes.

Customs guards checked their luggage and found 1,343 cartons of cigarettes, far in excess of the permitted 200 cigarettes per person.

The NAV imposed a Ft 38.5 million fine and seized the cigarettes.

  • How does this content make you feel?

XpatLoop Media Partner

Hungary Around the Clock

Since 1995 Hungary Around the Clock has proven to be one of the most comprehensive sources of daily English-language news about Hungary. It covers ongoing domestic politics and foreign relations, as well as business and economic matters. For a free trial of HATC visit www.hatc.hu and click on 'Free Trial Subscription’.

Explore More Reports