Overall, law enforcement officers confiscated 24,000 packs of various types of cigarettes lacking proper excise tax markings, with an estimated value of 2 million UAH.

Operational units of the Odesa border guard detachment, in collaboration with detectives from the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine, apprehended a "Mercedes Sprinter" vehicle carrying counterfeit goods.

The intercepted minibus was completely filled with tobacco products lacking excise tax markings and labeled as "for sale in duty-free shops." Overall, border guards counted 24,000 packs of cigarettes.

The law enforcement officers discovered that the organizer of this "business" acquired the goods through a postal delivery network and attempted to sell them within the territory of Odesa. However, the "businessman" didn't earn illegal income; instead, he lost his goods valued at 2 million UAH and the vehicle estimated at 1 million UAH.

Measures of the detain of counterfeit cigarettes were conducted by the operational units of the Odesa border detachment jointly with the detectives of the ESB territorial administration in the Odesa region in cooperation with the representatives of the National Police.