Tel Aviv, July 13 -- Ben Gurion Airport Customs officials arrested two suspects for importing e-cigarette liquid disguised as makeup remover while evading tax payments of 1.2 million Shekels (USD 360,000).

An investigation conducted by the Narcotics and Customs Unit (NACU) at Ben Gurion Airport Customs indicates that since the beginning of 2025, the suspects have imported a commercial quantity of liquid for filling electronic cigarettes under the guise of a bottle disguised as makeup remover for personal import.

The packages were addressed to different addresses of different people, in order to deceive the tax authorities and evade tax payment and various import legality requirements, such as labelling smoking products and testing the a...