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From: d4g4h4 on 16 Oct 2007 17:39
JohnT <johnSPAMNOT31(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:

> "Rocket Ron" <roncomp(a)bleuyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4%IPi.29989$c_1.10649(a)text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >
> >>>
> >>> You do realise that the Canary Islands are not part of the EU for
> >>> alcohol and tobacco purchases? You get a duty-free allowance of 250
> >>> grammes of tobacco and will have to pay duty, taxes and VAT on the
> >>> remainder.
> >
> > There is always one or 2. I am not interested in the legalities or
> > otherwise. All I wanted was the price. Also I am not going on my own.
> >
> >
>
>
> If you are arriving at LHR or LGW, you will probably be successful in your
> smuggling and evasion of Duty. If to a Provincial Airport, then your chances
> are much less.

Are there stats for that? I've never been stopped by UK customs when
flying from non-EU flights, including into provincial airports like
Manchester. The only airports where I've seen people being stopped were
LHR or LGW FWIW.

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From: JohnT on 16 Oct 2007 18:28
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> JohnT <johnSPAMNOT31(a)fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>> "Rocket Ron" <roncomp(a)bleuyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:4%IPi.29989$c_1.10649(a)text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> >
>> >>>
>> >>> You do realise that the Canary Islands are not part of the EU for
>> >>> alcohol and tobacco purchases? You get a duty-free allowance of 250
>> >>> grammes of tobacco and will have to pay duty, taxes and VAT on the
>> >>> remainder.
>> >
>> > There is always one or 2. I am not interested in the legalities or
>> > otherwise. All I wanted was the price. Also I am not going on my own.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> If you are arriving at LHR or LGW, you will probably be successful in
>> your
>> smuggling and evasion of Duty. If to a Provincial Airport, then your
>> chances
>> are much less.
>
> Are there stats for that? I've never been stopped by UK customs when
> flying from non-EU flights, including into provincial airports like
> Manchester. The only airports where I've seen people being stopped were
> LHR or LGW FWIW.
>


HM Revenue and Customs don't necessarily make their presence known in
advance. They do often look at luggage before it is released to the
carousel. There are many recent instances of tobacco smugglers being
apprehended at NCL upon arrival from within and outside the EU.

Look at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/2938694.stm (and I think
that the misprint in the 4th paragraph is delicious!).

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JohnT

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