24 million British travellers could be inadvertently smuggling goods on their return from holidays and trips outside the EU
24 million British travellers could be inadvertently smuggling goods on their return from holidays and trips outside the EU, according to research by Saga Travel Insurance. Cigarettes, alcohol and clothing over the allowed expenditure limit top the list of contraband with men most likely to consciously break import laws.Over 30 million British adults travel outside the EU at least once every five years and three quarters (74%), or over 24 million of them are unaware of what products are restricted or are illegal to bring back into the country. In fact, it seems that those who travel regularly are even less able to correctly identity which products are regulated, with over four fifths (81%) of people who go outside the EU two or more times a year unable to do this.One of the most misunderstood import restrictions is the maximum value of £145 worth of clothes or other non-excise goods allowed to be brought back into the EU. The research revealed that 93% of people could not correctly ide...