A new survey has found that nearly a third of the cigarette packets found in litter bins in Britain were smuggled into the country.

The survey, codenamed Operation EDPC, also included reports that the items intercepted by the UK Border Agency contained asbestos, mold and human excrement while another haul of counterfeit cigarettes in Derbyshire was found to be made up of crushed flies.
Stating that the number of counterfeit cigarettes have risen in recent years, the report said, “Historically, it (the illicit market) was made up of genuine brands of tobacco smuggled from lower-priced EU countries. Along with counterfeits, illicit whites represent the most significant threat to legitimate trade and tobacco revenues in the UK from large-scale organized criminality.”
Source-Medindia