Smuggled cigarettes found at Immingham docks

More than one million cigarettes have been found smuggled inside concrete blocks at Immingham docks.

UK Border Agency officials uncovered the haul following checks on lorry freight arriving from the Continent.

Officers used sledgehammers to break open the blocks and discovered the Chinese-made cigarettes.

Andy Lumb, from the UK Border Agency, said: "Cigarettes may be legal but the smuggling of such goods is often linked to serious organised crime."

The UK Border Agency said the lorry had been seized and inquiries were continuing.