The Price of Illicit Tobacco: Young smuggler who died for a few euros

From: BBC
This consignment of cigarettes was picked up by French border police not far from where the young Algerian had been found

A sudden cold snap in the Pyrenees cost a young man his life as he slogged through the snow, smuggling cigarettes for a few €10 notes.

The 20-year-old Algerian was found unconscious in the snow by a French police patrol last week. He died of hypothermia.

One hundred cigarette cartons were found nearby which he had probably been paid less than €50 (£43) to carry.

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