North: Counterfeit Cigarette Traffic Network Disbanded, €12 Million in Injury
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In Lille, three people were charged after the dismantling of a network of counterfeit cigarettes. The damage is estimated at 12 million euros by the gendarmerie. Counterfeiting accounted for 19.5% of total cigarette consumption in 2025, in France. - Trafficking "equivalent to the sales volume of 20 buralists": a network of counterfeit cigarettes dismantled in Lille (Police, justice and other facts).
Three people were charged after the dismantling of a large cigarette smuggling network between Belgium and the Lille metropolis Three people were charged after
The investigation revealed that 120 convoys have been carried out from Belgium to the Lille metropolis since December 2025, according to the gendarmerie.
The arrests took place on Tuesday during a judicial operation conducted by the Research Section (SR) of Lille in the framework of an investigation opened by the Lille prosecutor, explains this communiqué of the national gendarmerie. The investigations had started in April thanks to information obtained by the gendarmes. The defendants are the alleged "network head" and two resellers, said to the AFP the lieutenant-colonelle Cécile Lambert, who r…
Convoys were organized from Belgium. Amount of the damage: 12 million euros.
A network of counterfeit cigarette traffickers destined for the Lille metropolis has been dismantled, and three people have been charged.
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