Tourists unwittingly 'smuggling' cigarettes - Metro
Tourists unwittingly 'smuggling' cigarettes - Metro 
A greater amount of cigarettes can be brought back from other EU countries, as long as it can be proved they are for personal use. But some Britons are falling foul of the rules.Tourist Dave Hunt had 1,800 cigarettes confiscated by customs officials at Gatwick airport after coming back from the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Here's a sample of the latest comments published. If the taxation on such items was fair no one will take the trouble to haul cigarettes from one country to another. It means tourists can be charged with smuggling if they go over the limit and face fines of up to £800. MORE METRO Police lose pay fight in landmark battle Winehouse husband 'offered �200,000 bribe' to dodge jail Wife jailed for hiring hitman Shot PC was pretending to be fleeing criminal More children living in poverty PRINT EMAIL A FRIEND TALK WRITE HERE RSS | WHAT IS RSS? RELATED ITEMS Latest news bulletinToday's top news headlinesBritain, along with a number of other western European countries, applied the rules in 2004 and 2007 when the eastern countries with low cigarette taxation joined the EU. The 35-year-old said: 'I didn't realise I cann't bring that many in. The entire system just infringes our civil liberties. These are EU countries and we're meant to have free trade between them so why have they made up these strange rules?' HM Revenue and Customs maintains that travellers are receiving adequate warnings of the limits, with posters at airports and leaflets. These taxation laws are just out of date and need to be scrapped along with those enforcing them. Tourists unwittingly 'smuggling' cigarettes | Metro.co.uk var adAreaId ="NEWS";var adSubareaId ="";var adArticleId ="156467";// use rsinetsegs array from JSS call above.var segQS = rsinetsegs.length> 0 ? Unlike the rest of the EU, only 200 cigarettes can be brought back from Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. You can click view all to read all comments that readers have sent in.
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