Customs destroyed cigars in Germany. Cigars were sent from Spain to Germany. There were no documents in the parcel. That is illegal.

Criminal proceedings initiated

The parcel came to the attention of the main customs office in Heilbronn. When the parcel was examined, 125 metal boxes containing five cigars each and twelve wooden boxes containing ten and 25 cigars respectively were found. Criminal proceedings were initiated on suspicion of tax evasion.

Private or business: illegal without a German tax symbol

At Presseportal.de you can read, excerpt: „If tobacco products are shipped from other member states without valid German tax stamps, this is an offence against the Tobacco Tax Act. As tobacco products without German tax stamps are not marketable in Germany, they will be seized and destroyed by the customs authorities upon delivery! This applies to shipments from private to private as well as from a mail order company to private.“