Contraband Cigarette Ring Busted in Naples Friday 10 May 2024, 11:56 - Last updated : 12:20 2 Minutes of Reading Both individuals, a Tunisian and an Italian, were selling contraband cigarettes when they were arrested by the Naples Financial Police between Marano and Giugliano in Campania, in the northern hinterland of the Neapolitan capital. The first arrest, on May 7, involved the non-EU citizen, who had a criminal record and had been illegally in the country for over thirty years: the finance officers caught him with 8 kilograms of counterfeit brand cigarettes. On May 8, the Italian was arrested despite being under a precautionary measure (obligation to report to the judicial police) and w... [Read more]