My drop is an abandoned house in an average looking neighbourhood near me, and a package of mine has never been intercepted.
A few days ago i bought a sleeve of cigarettes of a DMN vendor, but its still kind of a clearnet package.
They were intercepted and i was asked to pay a tax but refused them, will future darknet packages be flagged by customs...? It took me a long time to find that drop
I would sincerely doubt it is ruined. I know that cigarettes are really commonly seized due to that being a tax revenue loss. People who order cigarettes online aren't going to automatically be suspected of buying other types of illegal things.
I assume you got a confiscation note asking for the VAT/whatever you call your import tax which is how you found out it was seized? If it's only about the tax, I would not think twice about it myself. Tax is am entirely different matter than drugs trade.