From: Jerusalem Post
This operation in the village of Barta’a, is part of an extensive and ongoing effort by the Tax Authority to crack down on smuggling and black market sales.
BY SARAH LEVI
Some 5,300 packages of counterfeit cigarettes were seized by authorities on Sunday night, preventing an attempt to smuggle 1.5 tons of cigarettes from the Palestinian Authority into Israel.
A truck suspected of carrying the cigarettes was traveling from the West Bank towards Israel with the intention of selling the tobacco products on the black market.
