1st visit to Lanzarote

overhere · **Posted:** Wed May 21, 2008 12:27 pm

Yes vnish is ok as you say.

eagerlywaiting · **Joined:** Tue May 20, 2008 9:14 pm **Posts:** 159

Anne Bond wrote:

eagerlywaiting wrote:

200 only

,,i thought it was ec country :?:

,,last visit i took home 12000

,,if it is 200 i'm not risking that again

My old man made that mistake one year. He bought about £400 worth of fags thinking this was ok. We got stopped at customs :oops:

, had the cigs taken off us, (or we could have paid another £500 approx), names taken and noted. Then received a letter stating that if it happened again, a jail sentence wasn't out of the question! :shock:

Needless to say, it never has happened again!

did u get stopped leaving lanzarote or entering uk and did your husband have a receipt ?
we got stopped leaving lanzarote with the 12000 cigs i mentioned earlier in 2 holdalls,in another holdall we had vodka and they confiscated that but let us through with the cigs ,,,
lanzarote comes under spanish law so there shouldnt be any restrictions with it being in the eu ,,
does anyone know for definate ?

overhere · **Posted:** Wed May 21, 2008 5:14 pm

Lanzarote is governed by Spain but the islands pay a smaller rate of tax.

You are only allowed 200 cigs or the other recommended allowances that are stated.

Ask yourself this question, why can you buy cigs in the duty free when travelling to the Canaries but not if you are travelling to Spain.

eagerlywaiting · **Joined:** Tue May 20, 2008 9:14 pm **Posts:** 159

overhere wrote:

Ask yourself this question, why can you buy cigs in the duty free when travelling to the Canaries but not if you are travelling to Spain.

so how many of those can we buy , theyre sold in 1000's lol do we buy them inbound or outbound ?

thanks in advance

Anne Bond · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 8:12 am

eagerlywaiting wrote:

Anne Bond wrote:

eagerlywaiting wrote:

200 only

,,i thought it was ec country :?:

,,last visit i took home 12000

,,if it is 200 i'm not risking that again

My old man made that mistake one year. He bought about £400 worth of fags thinking this was ok. We got stopped at customs :oops:

, had the cigs taken off us, (or we could have paid another £500 approx), names taken and noted. Then received a letter stating that if it happened again, a jail sentence wasn't out of the question! :shock:

Needless to say, it never has happened again!

did u get stopped leaving lanzarote or entering uk and did your husband have a receipt ?
we got stopped leaving lanzarote with the 12000 cigs i mentioned earlier in 2 holdalls,in another holdall we had vodka and they confiscated that but let us through with the cigs ,,,
lanzarote comes under spanish law so there shouldnt be any restrictions with it being in the eu ,,
does anyone know for definate ?

Hi
We got stopped at Gatwick, and yes we did have a receipt. Unfortunately, the Canaries are not considered as being within the eu!! :roll:

For example, if you try to buy more than 200 from Gatwick duty free, and they see the destination from your boarding pass, you won't be allowed. The rules are quite clear on this (if you bother to check them out, and we hadn't). My husband had "assumed" otherwise, and as the saying goes, assume makes an ass of you and me!


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