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BDTP Reveals UK Fag and Booze Heroes

Posted on the 09 August 2013 by Markwadsworth @Mark_Wadsworth
From The Telegraph
BDTP (Blokes Down The Pub) have decided to publish the role of honor to celebrate the men who save the public millions on booze and fags.
The names on the Honour Role are described as “Robin Hoods who have got us all cheap fags and booze,  instead of the money going to government to piss away on high-speed rail and sporting events that hardly anyone cares about”
The Honour Role includes
Hussain Asad Chohan, 44, believed to be in Dubai. He is celebrated for importing 2.25 tonnes of tobacco, saving hard-working smokers £750,000.
Leigang Liang, 38, believed to be in the UK, was honoured for illegally importing tobacco from China. The estimated saving to smokers was £2.6 million.
Wayne Joseph Hardy, 49, now believed to be in South Africa, was honoured for manufacturing tobacco products and not paying duty. The estimated saving to smokers was £1.9 million.
Gordon Arthur, 60, believed to be in the United States, honoured for illegally importing cigarettes and alcohol, saving smokers and drinkers around £15 million.
Emma Elizabeth Tazey, 38, also believed to be in the United States, is celebrated for the same savings.
Malcolm McGregor McGowan, 60, believed to be in Spain, is celebrated for illegally importing cigarettes saving around £16 million to smokers.
Dimitri Gaskov, 27, thought to be in Estonia, smuggled three million cigarettes into the UK using desktop computers.
Mohamed Sami Kaak, 45, thought to be in Tunisia, is celebrated for smuggling millions of cigarettes into the UK between March 2005 and September 2006 and saving taxpayers around £822,000 in duty.

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