The Ariège customs seized the evening of the implementation of the confinement 338 cartridges in a car.
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Ax-les-Termes customs
As confinement began four hours later, the cigarette smuggler thought he was falling through the cracks.
On October 29, around 8 p.m., Ax-les-Termes customs officers carried out checks in Luzenac, on the RN20, the one that connects Andorra to Ariège, very frequented that day by smokers who had gone to refuel. in the Principality.
One of the motorists refused to stop.
In his flight, he crashed into a car in which there were two people.
Determined not to be caught, he continued on foot, before being caught by customs officers. *
Nearly 70 kg of tobacco
On board his vehicle, they found no less than 338 cartons of cigarettes, or 67.8 kg of tobacco.
Undocumented, he gave three false identities during his hearing before investigators identified him as a repeat offender.
The man was sentenced last March to three months in prison and a fine of 10,900 euros.
This time, the Foix criminal court sentenced him to eight months in prison and a customs fine of 67,396 euros.
He was taken into custody.
"My prosecution intends to fight against the illicit importation of tobacco with rigor and efficiency, particularly in view of the public health issues associated with the commission of these offenses", explained the public prosecutor of Foix, Laurent Dumaine.
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