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Police from Vicovu de Sus, Suceava County, managed to make a record cigarette catch, following a traffic chase like in the movies, during which they fired several shots and used the new equipment to block the access of cars. .
In addition, the police seized a record number of smuggled cigarettes, more than 1,500,000 cigarettes, respectively, from outside the EU.
The police had information about the illegal transport and in Straja they tried to stop a minibus and a car carrying the contraband goods. The drivers did not stop at police signals and began to follow the traffickers.
Reinforcements were called in and in Vicovu de Sus, the police used the blocking devices.
These devices were received in September and are now in use for the first time.
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Even so, the drivers tried to continue their journey. Then shots were fired. Eventually, the police managed to stop the minibus containing the smuggled cigarettes, but the smugglers managed to escape.
„The policemen of the Municipal Police of Vicovu de Sus used the vehicle stop device, perforating the 4 tires of the minibus that was transporting smuggled cigarettes. The equipment was used again, and the person driving the respective minibus managed to make himself invisible in the Suceava river meadow. The investigation was carried out on the spot and the smuggled cigarettes were inventoried, identifying 76,149 cigarette packs in the minibus, respectively 1.5 million cigarettes of non-EU origin. A criminal investigation file was prepared under the aspect of commission of the crime of smuggling, continuing the investigations under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of the case to identify the author or authors and prove the criminal activity “, is reflected in a press release of the Suceava Police.
