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The Polish truck stop illegal cigarettes occurred on Saturday, but the Ministry of Finance informed the Tuesday.
– who sat behind the wheel of a truck 31-year-old province. Podlaskie claimed that he was carrying from Latvia to the Netherlands transport furniture. The same apparent from the documents submitted for inspection. Customs officers, however, decided to see if the man is telling the truth and decided to X-Ray truck, then a revision of the semi – MF reported.
After opening the trailer turned out that in boxes instead of furniture are declared Belarusian cigarettes. In total, Tirza Customs Service officers found nearly 275,000 packs of cigarettes with an estimated market value of over 3 million.
As reported MF, Podlasie customs officers initiated against the driver’s investigation, which is being conducted under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office in Suwalki . For smuggling large quantities of cigarettes as the detainee and the detainee man apart from the loss of illegal goods and trucks is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
According to the Ministry of Finance in 2014. Polish Customs Service took more than 384 million illegal cigarettes, by more than 10 million more than in 2013.
The Ministry stressed that the effectiveness of Polish customs officers actions in combating illegal trade in cigarettes is confirmed OLAF (European Food Safety Authority. Anti-Fraud). It is an independent body responsible, inter alia, for the protection of the financial interests of the European Union. According to OLAF, in 2011-2013, Poland was the most successful country in the fight against cigarette smuggling. The report for 2014 years will be developed in the second half of the year.
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