6000 packs of cigarettes revealed at Porubne, Vylok and Uzhgorod BCPs

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25 of February 2016 15:08

Five vehicles transporting about 6000 hidden packs of cigarettes were stopped at Porubne, Vylok and Uzhgorod BCPs by Ukrainian border guards and customs o

Five vehicles transporting about 6000 hidden packs of cigarettes were stopped at Porubne, Vylok and Uzhgorod BCPs by Ukrainian border guards and customs officers. Yesterday during the thorough search of the Mercedes microbus the inspectors of Porubne BCP revealed 1580 packs of Marlboro cigarettes hidden by our compatriot under the decorative panels of the vehicle. The total value of the confiscated cigarettes and the car is 250 thousand UAH.

Today in the morning two Mazda and Alfa-Romeo vehicles were confiscated. Their owners, residents of Bukovina region, had hidden almost 1400 packs of Rothmans and Kent cigarettes. The total value of the confiscated goods is UAH 13 thousand.

At Vylok BCP, the border guards of Mukachevo border guard detachment found 500 packs of LM cigarettes in the fuel tank of an Audi vehicle. The driver of the car was a Ukrainian national. An administrative case was instigated against him. The smuggled tobacco goods and the car were confiscated. Their total value is 35 thousand UAH.

A national of Poland decided to make some money by smuggling tobacco goods in his car. He was driving a Fiat minibus of 2005 mode year. But a sniffer dog found the cigarettes. The border guards of Chop border guard detachment and customs officers conducted a thorough search and discovered 2425 LM, Winston and Mallboro cigarette packs in the double floor panel. The total value of the confiscated goods is 75 thousand UAH. 

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