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(TGA) - i am going on a cruise in august one of the ports of call is gibraltar then on to spain will i be able to buy 3200 cigs in gibraltar to bring back to the uk
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In short, yes you can buy.

Will you get past customs- Very unlikely.

The customs in Gibraltar are very strict, the max you can take is 200 cigs.

They will be taken by Customs police, and you may be fined.
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Its not so much Gibraltar customs that are strict. Its the customs of the port you are entering, for instance. If you travel by land to spain from Gibraltar, then you pass through customs for Spain and they will fine you / take them off you if you have too many. I havnt left giblatar by sea before. So cant say for 100% if there are any checks of what you are exporting from the country. But you may be checked re-entering the UK. Gibraltar fags are proper duty free, s youre only allowed 200 each per person. Whereas cigs from Spain are duty paid so you can have about 3000. Ive taken out 200 per day from gib, and flown to UK from Malaga with about 1000 gib cigarettes and walked straight through.
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