A batch of cigarettes worth over Br8 million has been seized in the Orsha district

September 15, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. An illegal batch of cigarettes worth over Br8 million was seized in the Orsha district, the information and public relations department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. A Nissan car, driven by an unemployed resident of the Grodno region, was stopped by police officers on the Brest - Minsk - Russian Federation border highway near the village of Vysokoye in the Orsha district. The man was transporting 3.5 thousand packs of Russian-made cigarettes without Belarusian excise stamps in the car. The illegal cargo has been confiscated. An administrative report has been drawn up against the driver.-0-