Smuggling: Belarusian Cigarettes Break Through to Latvian Smokers
People with flippers were detained During the check, border guards found 30,000 NC Gold cigarettes and 15,000 Queen cigarettes with Belarusian excise stamps in the bags that were on the raft. Along with the raft, suspected smugglers were also found and detained. Interestingly, during the search, they found a wetsuit and fins. A criminal trial has been initiated in the case. In turn, customs officers report: in early April, smuggled cigarettes were found in several wagons in freight trains arriving from Belarus - 100,000 cigarettes, or 5,000 packs, were hidden in wagons with cargoes of malt, cast iron ingots and wire. One of the finds at the Indra customs checkpoint was made on Monday by a cu...
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Criminal Justice
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Global / Non-Specific
- Russian
- Cigarettes