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Latvian border guards stop the regular movement of cigarettes

Border guards of the Daugavpils administration of the State Border Guard suspected Volkswagen Sharan and Ford Galaxy cars driven by Latvian citizens on of illegal movement of tobacco products on the A6 motorway in Līksna Parish, Daugavpils District. During the inspection of the cars, the border guards found cardboard boxes with smuggled cigarettes “Premjer” in their luggage compartments – eight boxes in one car and 15 in the other.

In total, border guards seized 230,000 Premier cigarettes with Belarusian excise stamps.