A Belarusian-Lithuanian duo of smugglers attempted to smuggle cigarettes worth Br80 million into Latvia.

July 13, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. A Belarusian-Lithuanian duo of smugglers was detained last night by border guards and police officers in the Verkhnedvinsk district, Denis Glebko, assistant head of the Polotsk border guard detachment, told a BELTA correspondent. At a railway station in the Verkhnedvinsk district, during a set of joint operational-search activities, servicemen of the Polotsk border guard detachment, together with employees of internal affairs bodies, discovered 78 boxes of Belarusian-made "Premier" brand cigarettes in a freight train en route to the Republic of Latvia, in three open-top wagons with coal. A citizen of Belarus and a citizen of Lithuania were detained in these open-top wagons during the loading of cigarettes. 50 meters from the railway track, a car was found, near which two more boxes of cigarettes were discovered. The cigarettes have been seized. An investigation is underway. According to preliminary estimates, the seized cigarettes are worth more than Br80 million. -0-