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Machine driver on May 3. He was arrested for 2 months by decision of the Kaunas City District Court.
May 1 In the afternoon, customs officials at the Raigardas road post were suspected of transporting a shipment of chipboard from Belarus in a truck with Polish registration numbers. The transported panels were not only reinforced with strips, but in many places were also interconnected with wood screws.
After inspecting the tractor with an X-ray monitoring system, these suspicions only intensified, so it was decided to inspect the load in detail. Then it turned out that the chipboard was just a corpse: inside them, after cutting the wood, there were hiding places for Belarusian cigarette smuggling.
Due to the complex and continuous work of loading and dismantling, it is still difficult to say the exact number of smokers seized, but it is estimated that there should be at least 500,000 Daf semi-trailers. Belarusian cigarette packs Minsk Superslims and NZ Black. Its value with compulsory taxes: at least 1, 74 million. euros
The truck driver, a Belarusian citizen, was detained for two days and a pre-trial investigation for smuggling was launched at the Kaunas branch of the Criminal Customs Service (CCS), led by the Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office. On Sunday, May 3, the driver was arrested for two months by decision of the Kaunas District Court.
The method of concealing the stopped contraband shipment in Raigard (when the cavities for cigarette boxes are cut into a wooden load) did not surprise experienced customs officials. This type of hiding place, called “coffin”, has existed for many years (since approximately 2009).
For example, almost identical hiding places in 2018. Found in late May in a shipment of particle board stopped at the Kena railway station. Then some 300,000 were found there. smuggling cigarette packages.
A similar load was most recently intercepted on March 4, also at the Kena railway station. Then, after a detailed inspection of the boards transported from Belarus to a Kaunas company, it also became clear that the wood was only a “shell” for the cigarette smuggling shelters installed inside, where some 5,000 were found. cigarette packs
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