Stephen Nicholas Riozzi jailed for tobacco smuggling

From: BBC

A man from Merseyside has been jailed for 53 months for smuggling counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes into the UK.

Stephen Nicholas Riozzi, 53, from Huyton, had more than 182 kgs (400 lbs) of hand rolling tobacco and 20 pallets of cigarettes at an industrial unit in Huyton in December 2011.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said the find was worth £1.1m in evaded tax.

Riozzi pleaded guilty to fraudulent evasion of excise duty at Liverpool Crown Court in January.

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