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What you can bring back

You do not have to pay any tax or duty in the UK on goods you have bought in other EU countries for your own use, but remember the following:
   "Own use" includes gifts, but you may be breaking the law if you sell goods you have bought.
If you are caught selling the goods, they will be taken off you and you could get up to seven years in prison. Any vehicle

you used to transport the goods could also be taken off you as well.
   The law sets out guidelines for the amount of alcohol and tobacco you can bring into the UK. If you bring in more than this, you must be able to satisfy the Customs officer, if you are asked, that the goods are for your own use. If you can't, the goods may be taken off you.

Click here for HM Customs guide for travellers

These are the amounts of alcohol and tobacco purchased in the EU which are regarded by the Customs as reasonable for personal use.  

Cigarettes  800    
Cigars   200  
Smoking tobacco 1 kg  
Cigarillos  400    
Spirits   10 litres
Wine   90 litres (only 60 litres of this can be sparkling wine)
Fortified wine  20 Litres
(such as port and sherry)
Beer   110 Litres    

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Smile! You’re on

Candid Camera ... Bootleggers beware! The UK Customs and Excise Department is spending millions on surveillance cameras to film vehicles passing through Channel ports.

  So the number plates of every car and van will be logged and the Customs will know who has been going where and how often.
   The video crackdown comes as official Treasury figures reveal that bootleggers importing drink and tobacco from France and other Continental countries with low duties evaded tax of £770 million last year.