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This is the fifth major cigarette smuggling arrest this month, dropping to 2.7 million at customs in April alone. cigarette packs, the value of which with taxes – 9.3 million. informed by the Criminal Customs Service.
On the night of April 23, a Belarusian citizen who arrived at the Raigardas roadside post in a Daf cargo truck declared that he intended to transport a load of mineral wool insulation panels through Lithuania to Poland. However, customs officials, who have recently detected contraband in similar cargoes, have decided to verify the machine with an X-ray monitoring system.
Inspection revealed that the plates were simply an imitation of the cargo, with cavities cut into them that were filled with cigarettes. According to preliminary data, 480 thousand. Belarusian Smokers Fest, Minsk and NZ Gold packages, the value of which (including taxes) is 1.66 million. euros.
A pre-trial investigation into this smuggling has been launched in the Kaunas Section of the Criminal Customs Service, led by the Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office. The tractor driver was detained for a month by decision of the Kaunas District Court.
Recently, attempts have been made to import particularly large consignments of cigarettes into Lithuania. Illegal smokers are transported from the Russian Kaliningrad region with extreme arrogance, even without disguise. Thus, in a fully loaded cargo truck more than 1 million tons are detected. cigarette packs. Meanwhile, about half of the 400-500 thousand tons are generally transported from Belarus. cigarette packs. They are concealed in a variety of ways, most recently by transporting copycat official cargo, which are equipped with smuggling hideouts.
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