HC Deb 04 November 1999 vol 337 c300W
Mr. Alan Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were prosecuted for smuggling tobacco or alcohol into the United Kingdom in 1997 to 1999. [96868]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Information held centrally on the Home Office Court Proceedings Database combines sections 50(2)(3), 68(2) and 170(1)(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 "Fraudulent evasion of duty etc other than drugs". However, the type of goods involved (eg tobacco, spirits, beers, wines, oils, guns) are not identified separately.

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