From: Haaretz
2.8 million cigarettes have been confiscated this year, but smuggling techniques are difficult to detect and mean ‘much bigger’ quantities of tobacco pass freely through customs.
The amount of tobacco being smuggled from Jordan into Palestine is “much bigger” than the amount being stopped by PA customs, according to a Palestinian official.
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“Big quantities of smuggled cigarettes are being seized every day, but larger quantities are being smuggled in ways beyond our control,” he added.
