Illegal cigarette cargo worth Br200 million detained in Braslav district

May 20, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. A large shipment of illegal cigarettes was detained in the Braslav district, the information and public relations department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate informed a BELTA correspondent. Law enforcement officers discovered 200,000 packs of cigarettes not marked with Belarusian excise stamps in an Iveco-440 vehicle driven by a 45-year-old Latvian citizen at the Urbany border customs post. The value of the cargo is estimated at Br200 million. The vehicle and the goods have been seized. An investigation is underway.-0-