31.   Madrid claims extra checks are necessary because smugglers are using Gibraltar to bring drugs and contraband cigarettes into Spain.

32.   Most of the incidents involved Vietnamese contraband cigarette vendors.

33.   Only cigarette hawkers on the street, who account for just one percent of the contraband cigarette trade, are harassed by the police.

34.   The ministry said they admitted to having made several deliveries of contraband cigarettes in the past.