A 45-year-old woman was caught attempting to smuggle 45,000 cigarettes from Nigeria to Glasgow.<br /><br />She was detained at Glasgow Airport after arriving on a connecting flight from Amsterdam while Border Forces seized three suitcases, as she was found to have evaded £16,000 of excess duty.<br /><br />The woman claimed the cigarettes were a wedding gift for her friend.<br /><br />Next up, a vehicle repair business who launched a legal bid to stop the operation of Glasgow’s low emission zone has failed. <br /><br />John Paton and Sons took Glasgow City Council to civil court, arguing the ban on high-polluting vehicles would be detrimental to their business.<br /><br />The Court of Session refused the motion saying the grounds to challenge were not well founded.<br /><br />And in other news, the Green Brigade have had their season tickets withdrawn from Celtic Football Club indefinitely due to unacceptable behaviour. <br /><br />The club said the decision was made based on multiple incidents that occurred over an extended period of time.
