In Bukovyna, officials of operational units of the Chernivtsi Border Guard Detachment and special forces of the Shkval Rapid Response Border Command deprived smugglers of excisable goods and an off-road vehicle.

In Bukovyna, officials of operational units of the Chernivtsi Border Guard Detachment and special forces of the Shkval Rapid Response Border Command deprived smugglers of excisable goods and an off-road vehicle.

It was possible to prevent illegal equipment and detain an off-road vehicle with 12 packs of cigarettes thanks to the early operative information received from the border guards.

Border guards noticed the movement of a British-registered car at the Falkiv Border Guard Division’s area of responsibility, not far from the border with Romania. During the chase, the driver and his accomplice left the car and cigarettes and began to flee away, not stopped by warning shots.

In the salon of “Mitsubishi Pajero” law enforcement officials found about 6 thousand packs of cigarettes without excise stamps of Ukraine. The search for trespassers continues. Cigarettes, the preliminary cost of which is more than 230 thousand hryvnias, will be handed over to the SFS officials.