Gunfire to detain Ukrainian national caught smuggling cigarettes at northern border
On the 1st March, border police officers noticed four people carrying bulky parcels from the border line to the interior
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Bulgarian Customs inspectors from “Anti Drug Trafficking – Rousse” discovered a stash with over 57,000 cigarettes in a passenger van
During a customs inspection of a passenger minibus, officers from the “Anti Drug Trafficking – Rousse” Sector in the TD
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Nearly 54,000 cigarettes with Bulgarian labels were seized during four checks
During an inspection of a car traveling to France, another 17,680 cigarettes with a Bulgarian excise label were found. Customs
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Traffickers smuggling tobacco from Belarus busted in Poland
Europol supported the Polish Border Guard (Straż Graniczna), the Police Central Bureau of Investigation (Centralne Biuro Śledcze Policji) and the
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More than 140,000 pieces smuggled cigarettes were detained by the Bulgarian customs officers of Kapitan Andreevo BCP
The customs officers of Kapitan Andreevo BCP discovered more than 140,000 pieces smuggled cigarettes during two inspections of vehicles entering
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Bulgarian Customs officers at Lesovo BCP found a large amount of sexual stimulants and cigarettes in a car
Customs officers at Lesovo BCP found contraband 13 650 packs of sexual stimulant and 9800 cigarettes in a car with
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Nearly 65,000 pieces smuggled cigarettes were discovered by the Bulgarian customs officers
64,800 pieces (3,240 boxes) of smuggled cigarettes were found by the customs officials during three inspections of the Kapitan Andreevo.
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Contraband cigarettes, worth over 1.5 million euros, discovered hidden in a truck
On 21.01.2023 at the Romanian Bechet Border Crossing Point, a 51-year-old Bulgarian citizen presented himself to enter the country, driving
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Counterfeit tobacco products worth EUR 17 million seized in France
During the raids last week, the French officers arrested nine suspects, most of them Moldovan nationals. The gendarmes discovered a
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3 tonnes of tobacco, 2 million cigarettes seized at EU’s external borders
Frontex coordinated an international operation against cigarette smuggling, document fraud, migrant smuggling and smuggling of firearms at EU’s external borders.
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Man jailed after more than three million cigarettes seized
A man who orchestrated a huge importation of illegal tobacco from the Middle East to Melbourne has been sentenced to two
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Over half a million cigarettes were seized by police during special operations in Haskovsko and Pernik
More than 502,000 pieces of excise-free tobacco products were seized by police officers from the ODMVR – Haskovo during an
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Cigarettes worth 1.5 million euros confiscated by the Romanian border police
Following the control of the semi-trailer, the border police officers discovered the amount of 555,000 cigarette packs, without fiscal markings.
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Man in preventive detention for transporting a truck full of 12 million contraband cigarettes
Following the criminal investigation activities carried out by border police officers from the IGPF and the prosecutors of the Directorate
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Cigarettes found in railway carriage chassis
Cigarettes without Polish excise duty were found in the structural elements of the freight train by officers from the Nadbużański
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More than 350,000 cigarettes were seized by the customs officials from TD Customs Rousse
During a joint inspection, customs officers and border police found undeclared 11,700 boxes (234,000 pieces) of cigarettes with a Bulgarian
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Gunshots during a smuggling operation. Cigarettes worth 70,000 lei confiscated near the Tisa river
On October 21, border police officers on the state border surveillance mission observed, on the Romanian bank of the Tisa
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Tobacco products and cigarette manufacturing equipment seized in international action
An action day in Belgium has led to the seizure of over 57 million cigarettes and more than 48 tons
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