Easyjet attendant ringleader of cigarette smuggling
An Easyjet flight attendant who led a cigarette smuggling gang has been handed a confiscation order for almost £350,000.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) found Easyjet worker Dennis Connolly, 44, of Southport, had organised over 130 smuggling trips for himself and five others, using discounted staff tickets to travel.
The gang hid cigarettes and tobacco, worth £180,000 in evaded duty and taxes, in their luggage.
Connolly and his accomplice, Terence Steele, 58, from Croxteth, were each issued with confiscation orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act at Manchester Crown Court yesterday.