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Fri, 10 Jul, 2015 12:19:11 AM
FTimes – STT Report, July 10
 
Passengers were seen to arrive in Helsinki Port West terminal with alcohol from Estonia. File Photo - Lehtikuva.
The Finnish Customs suspect a man of smuggling over 30,000 litres of mild alcoholic beverages from Estonia and selling the smuggled alcohol mainly in Päijät-Häme region. 
 
The preliminary investigations have established that the man travelled regularly between Helsinki and Tallinn on a monthly basis and sometimes multiple times in a month since 2012.
 
The man suspected of supplying the imports to a particular buyer group was arrested this spring.
 
The Customs were not informed about the alcohol imports. The state is estimated to have incurred losses amounting to 80,000 euros in evaded tax.
 
The case is being investigated as aggravated tax fraud and as alcohol offence. From the side of the buyers, the case is being examined as handling of illegal imports.
 
 
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