50,000 Cuban cigars seized in Rome!

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Originally Posted by HollywoodQue

Doesn't seem like someone would goes through so much trouble for "counterfeit " cigars. Maybe the real distributors of the cuban's didn't want anyone to know that they were in fact "real" cubans.

Originally Posted by pektel

Yep, I understand the meaning of grey market. I was just speculating the stance by Habanos SA might be to cry counterfeit since the cigars weren't going through the proper channels.

Definitely within the realm of possibilty. Like Hugh said, hopefully more information will come to light.