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In the last days of June, three major arrests were recorded, when attempts were made to smuggle cigarettes into Lithuania amid sawn wood, soot and steel dust. The value of seized cigarettes is more than 4 million. 830 thousand euros
June 25 11 p.m. Lithuanian citizen R. K. arrived at the Medininkai road post from Belarus in a truck with a semi-trailer. The vehicle was selected and directed for a detailed inspection, where, after x-raying the cargo, customs officials also found cigarette boxes among the lumber boards.
It was established that, hiding from customs control, the Lithuanian transported cigarettes on a semi-trailer, among the declared load of sawn timber. The value is currently being determined, but it is already clear that some 65,000 have been detained. packages “Minsk”, 325 thousand. Fest packages, worth more than 1 million. 350 thousand. euros
Another large-scale arrest of cigarette smuggling at the Raigardas road post is June 26. Here, a Polish citizen, who was transporting cargo from Belarus, received soot in large bags. In case of suspicion during the initial inspection, experienced customs officers sent the truck to the Medininkai road post for an X-ray inspection. The undeclared goods were established to be concealed in the semi-trailer among the cargo being transported: around 650 thousand. Minsk cigarette packages that are not marked with the stamps of the Republic of Lithuania, whose total customs value, including compulsory taxes to pay, can reach 2 million. 262 thousand euros
Customs officials have not yet finished counting the number of cigarettes seized the last weekend of June, when Sunday, June 29. Overnight, officers from the Vilnius Mobile Customs Territorial Group, patrolling the Jašiūnai – Pirčiupiai highway, inspected a cargo vehicle, where instead of the transported cargo, alloy steel powder and granules, goods subject to excise duty were found. : about 350 thousand. Fest cigarette packets, Minsk, NZ Gold marked with Belarusian stamps. The estimated value of smoked tobacco could reach more than 1 million. 218 thousand euros
Pre-trial investigations are conducted at the Vilnius Branch of the Criminal Customs Service, and investigations are led by prosecutors from the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
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