From: Daily Record
Sick crooks push cheap cigarettes on Facebook laced with potentially life-threatening chemicals
BRITAIN is a prime target for tobacco smugglers, who take advantage of smokers’ dismay at the rising tax on the habit.
A customs officer shows counterfeit cigarettes seized by authorities (Image: AFP)
Earlier this month, the Record revealed how fake cigarettes laced with radioactive material were intercepted in Poland.
The counterfeit fags were found to contain strontium 90, a radioactive isotope produced when atomic weapons explode.
