Vitebsk customs officers seized a shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth over 2 billion rubles
Officials of the Department for Combating Smuggling and Administrative Customs Offences of the Vitebsk Customs, as well as officers of the Canine Service Department at the "Urbany" checkpoint, upon departure from the Republic of Belarus, stopped the movement of a "Mercedes" truck with a semi-trailer, manufactured in 2010, driven by a citizen of the Republic of Belarus.
During the customs inspection, it was established that the transported goods did not correspond to the goods declared in the accompanying documents. Hiding places were made in packages with chipboard, in which 257,200 packs of cigarettes were transported.
Cigarettes with a total value of more than 2 billion Belarusian rubles were seized. The Vitebsk Customs has initiated administrative proceedings under Article 14.1 Part 2 and Article 12.27 Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus.
Press Group of the Vitebsk Customs