A vehicle with tobacco products was stopped for inspection yesterday in Vynohradiv.

Implementing the information received by officers of the operational and search unit of the Mukachevo border guard detachment, border guards together with representatives of the Patrol Police department in Zakarpattia region found boxes of cigarettes in the vehicle.

The law enforcement officers found 4500 packs of cigarettes without excise stamps of Ukraine in the luggage compartment of the CITROËN.

The driver of the vehicle reported that he had purchased the tobacco products for further sale in his own store. Employees of the Bureau of economic security were called to the scene.

During further measures, border guards together with the BES officers searched the premises where the excisable goods were sold and found almost 4000 packs of cigarettes without excise stamps.

Border guards sent a report on the detection of signs of a criminal offense to the competent law enforcement agencies. The vehicle and tobacco products were seized.

Measures to establish all the circumstances of the offense are ongoing.