A PORT Glasgow woman is set to stand trial before a jury charged with being involved in a serious and organised crime operation.

Marta Kosciuk is accused of knowingly concealing more than a tonne of tobacco with intent to withhold nearly £400,000 of payable duty.

An indictment charge against the 37-year-old claims that she did this 'with intent to defraud Her Majesty of the duty payable on the goods' in 2019.

Kosciuk, of Bay Street in the Port, is said to have acted with a number of people whose identities are meantime unknown in the alleged scam.

Prosecutors say that she was knowingly concerned in the carrying, removing, depositing, harbouring, keeping or concealing, 'or in any manner dealing with goods which were chargeable with a duty'.

The charge against her claims that duty totalling £391,020, or thereby, had not been paid on a consignment of 1.029 tonnes of hand rolling tobacco.

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Kosciuk is said to have committed the alleged offence at a flat other than her current address at Gourock Ropeworks, as well as at a 'Contain It' self storage unit on Jessie Street in Glasgow and 'elsewhere in the UK'.

She is accused of being involved in the claimed criminal operation between May 30 and June 15 in 2019.

The Crown claims that Kosciuk breached the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

The indictment against her claims that the alleged offence 'was aggravated by a connection with serious organised crime'.

Procurator fiscal depute Raeesa Ahmed and Kosciuk's solicitor confirmed at the latest calling of the case that both the Crown and prosecution are fully prepared for trial.

Sheriff Gillian Craig set a trial start date of June 26 and Kosciuk's bail was continued.