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At the garden community house in Šiauliai and in cars parked nearby, border guards found more than 8,000. Belarusian cigarette packs. Detainees from Širvintos and Šiauliai face up to 8 years in prison or prison.
On Wednesday, officers from the Pagėgiai team of the Pagėgiai Border Team of the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) and the Pagėgiai team of the SBGS Special Purpose Division went to a house located in a Šiauliai Garden Community. It was known that a consignment of illegal smokers could be stored here.
SBGS officials caught a 50-year-old man from Širvintos loading cigarettes from an Audi 80 into a VW Caddy. After inspecting the cars, border guards found 5,500 packages of Fest cigarettes with Belarusian stamps.
Continuing with the investigation, it was decided to search the garden house, where the Širvintie was being held. SBGS officials found another 1,820 packages of Minsk Capital QS cigarettes and 840 packages of Fest cigarettes with Belarusian stamps and 20 unpackaged Winston Blue cigarettes. A total of 8,180 packages of smuggled cigarettes were detected.
The owner of the house, a 40-year-old man from Šiauliai, was also arrested.
A pre-trial investigation was launched against the Pagėgiai border team in relation to the illegal disposal of excise goods. There is a fine or prison of up to 8 years.
Both detainees were released on remand after questioning, with written promises not to leave.
Audi 80 and VW Caddy and smokers are stored in the Pagėgiai border equipment.
The Širvintos resident was already known to the border guards. He was arrested last year by SBGS officials for illegally disposing of excise property, and the court fined him 1,000.
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