Ukrainian and Polish border guards prevented smuggling of more than 8,000 packs of cigarettes by Volyn region residents via the state border

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22 of February 2016 14:07

Last weekend Ukrainian and Polish border guards prevented another attempt of illegal trafficking of cigarettes across the border. Due to the mutual cooperation Ukrainian and Polish border guards managed to

Last weekend Ukrainian and Polish border guards prevented another attempt of illegal trafficking of cigarettes across the border. Due to the mutual cooperation Ukrainian and Polish border guards managed to prevent the contraband, organized by residents of Volyn region in area of responsibility of "Vysotsk" border guard division.

Thus, as a result of mutual operative information exchange between Polish border unit and Lutsk border detachment, illegally organized transportation of goods by boat across the Western Bug River was revealed at about 1 a.m. While Ukrainian border guards were approaching to violators, the latter immediately started to burn the evidences of their illegal activities. Part of cigarettes have been burned together with a boat, some boxes of cigarettes are thrown into the river, and the rest of cigarettes were found on both banks of the Western Bug during the searching operation by Polish and Ukrainian border guards.

Total amount of cigarettes detected by border guards of both countries is more than 8,000 packs of «LD» brand with Ukrainian excise labels.

Currently the investigation is being held.

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