Civil Guard stoped busot A 44-year-old Polish man and a 36-year-old Moroccan woman were accused of making cigarettes using illegal tobacco in a house they rented with false documents. The homemade tobacco workshop was discovered by the Civil Guard some time later. report of theft and at the home, agents found more than 200 pounds of tobacco, 4,368 counterfeit packages and production machines capable of producing 12,000 cigarettes per hour.
Where did fake tobacco come from Marlboro branddistributor will file a lawsuit against the arrestees and was mainly sent to: Poland and Germany.
The detainees were not at home when the Civil Guard arrived, but were later arrested on charges of smuggling, against intellectual property, against public finances, against public health, forgery of documents and money laundering.
Investigators confirmed that the detained man was unemployed. I paid 1500 euro rent sent his country for shelter 50,000 euros benefits allegedly derived from this illegal activity.
The intervention took place after the Civil Guard received a tip from a neighbor in a neighbourhood. Urbanization in Busot. Agents confirmed that there was an open window and that they stored numerous packages and machines for cigarette production inside.
During the search carried out by the Civil Guard, 17 boxes of 202 kilograms of tobacco were seized. 4,368 fake tobacco packages Tubes ready to be filled with 3,640 tins of tobacco and 307 grams of marijuana.
Also seized were a machine for sealing tobacco packets and a machine designed to roll, tube and fill the bite at a speed of approximately 1000 metres, valued at more than twelve thousand euros. 12,000 cigarettes per hour.
According to Benemérita, they manipulated the product using the fake Marlboro brand to carry out the smuggling and shipped the counterfeit tobacco mainly to Poland and Germany.
The detainees and trials were placed at the disposal of the San Vicente Instruction Court No. 2, the body that investigated the criminal case.
This intervention, carried out by the Sant Joan d’Alacant Civil Guard Main Station, allowed the elimination of large quantities of cigarettes that could have serious consequences for public health without passing mandatory health checks.