Ringleader of tobacco smuggling gang jailed after three years on the run

FT HMRC smuggled cigarettes concealed in window frames and laundry bags

The ringleader of a plot to smuggle millions of illegal cigarettes into the UK has been jailed – three years after he flew to Lithuania to avoid a HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation.

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