THIS WEEK IN 1999: Top destinations for beer smugglers

By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Jan 2018, 06:00 BST
Custom officers tackling the upsurge in the illegal import of beer and tobacco being brought through PortsmouthCustom officers tackling the upsurge in the illegal import of beer and tobacco being brought through Portsmouth
Custom officers tackling the upsurge in the illegal import of beer and tobacco being brought through Portsmouth

Almost 2,200 vans full of illegally imported beer arrived in the city from Calais in 1999.

Portsmouth had established itself as a distribution hub in the south-east for criminal gangs who could make thousands of pounds a year by avoiding British duty.

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