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A businessman has set up an 'offshore off-licence', 13 miles off the Cleveland coast. Phil Berriman, 46, from Stockton-on-Tees, is selling cigarettes and alcohol at duty-free prices to anyone who is willing to sail out to meet him. But Mr Berriman says customs officials have threatened to seize his boat, which is anchored off Hartlepool. Customs and Excise says it is investigating the matter to see if any rules have been broken. Mr Berriman said he has been doing a brisk business from his 72ft schooner, Rich Harvest. He sailed to Germany with his business partner Trevor Lyons, 53, to buy 5,000 boxes of cigarettes and 1,000 litres of spirits.
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