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In the Pasvalys district, border guards detained a local resident who was transporting 1,500 packs of smuggled cigarettes in a car. On the same day, SBGS officers who searched Panevėžys found almost 6,000 more. smoking packages.
The officers of the SBGS Pag frongiai border team, having information, stopped the Toyota Avensis car to check the accesses of the village of Nečioniai in the district of Pasvalys.
A 56-year-old resident of the Pasvalys district was driving a vehicle marked with Lithuanian registration numbers. Border guards found 8.5 thousand people in the trunk and cabin of the car. NZ Gold and Minsk Capital MS cigarette packs with Belarusian tax stamps.
The value of the cargo of tobacco products, including mandatory taxes in Lithuania, is almost 50 thousand. euros.
On the same day, the SBGS officers who continued the investigation carried out a search of Panevėžys’ garage. 5,800 packages of various brands of Minsk and NZ Gold cigarettes were found in a garage. The packages are also marked with Belarusian stamps.
A total of 14,300 packages of Belarusian smokers fell into the hands of SBGS officials. The value of such cargo of tobacco products, including taxes payable in Lithuania, is almost 50 thousand. euros.
A Pasvalys District resident who was transporting cigarettes was arrested Wednesday.
A pre-trial investigation has been launched at the Pagėgiai border team of the SBGS in relation to the illegal disposal of excise goods. This is punishable by a fine or imprisonment of up to eight years. Cigarettes and a vehicle are temporarily stored at the Šiauliai border barrier of the Pagėgiai border team.
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