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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/seized-cigarettes-fuel-energy-grid.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="More than four million cigarettes seized from a suspected smuggler at a port have been burned to fuel the National Grid" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-seized-cigarettes-fuel-energy-grid.jpg" alt="More than four million cigarettes seized from a suspected smuggler at a port have been burned to fuel the National Grid"/></a></p>
<p>More than four million cigarettes seized from a suspected smuggler at a port have been burned to fuel the National Grid, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has said.</p>
<p>The 4.6 million Lambert and Butler branded cigarettes were found by customs officers in a lorry at Newhaven, East Sussex, after arriving by ferry from Dieppe.</p>
<p>Spanish lorry driver Alain Corominas Pons, 44, was charged with evading £714,000 in duty when the load was allegedly smuggled into the UK in March 2007.</p>
<p>He was remanded in custody when he appeared at Southampton Magistrates&#8217; Court on Thursday until his next court appearance on March 3, said HMRC.</p>
<p>A HMRC spokesman said: &#8220;The cigarettes have been burned at a power station to fuel the National Grid.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added that cigarette smuggling costs the UK economy millions of pounds in lost revenue each year, which could be used to fund public services.</p>
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