A dad has been branded "foolish in the extreme" after trying to smuggle more than 100,000 cigarettes through Manchester Airport.
Blenda Omar, from St Lawrence Close, Aigburth, had been taking orders from friends and family for cigarettes which he had brought in Iraq. The 41-year-old attempted to bring them through Manchester Airport, in October 2018, but was stopped after passing through "nothing to declare".
A court heard that Omar had three large shrink wrapped cases which contained 105,180 cigarettes. Prosecutor Saul Brody said no legal action was taken and he was instead handed a warning letter, with the cigarettes being seized.
