Can confirm for Ireland. Regular people often go on trips to the Netherlands and come back with a suitcase full of almost tax free cigarettes. Forget what the personal limit is, but it pretty much pays for the flight in taxes saved.
And that's not even going near the professionals. Boatloads of cigarettes are more profitable than cocaine now. And there isn't even the downside of public censure if you get caught.
[–] rocket_robin_hood 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Time to start smuggling tobacco I suppose.
[–] Dereliction [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Seriously.
[–] thewake 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Happens in the US too, in places like New York with high cigarette taxes.
[–] rocket_robin_hood 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Creating some jobs I suppose.
[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Can confirm for Ireland. Regular people often go on trips to the Netherlands and come back with a suitcase full of almost tax free cigarettes. Forget what the personal limit is, but it pretty much pays for the flight in taxes saved.
And that's not even going near the professionals. Boatloads of cigarettes are more profitable than cocaine now. And there isn't even the downside of public censure if you get caught.