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Customs officers find record number of illegal cigarettes at Kulata checkpoint

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Nearly 6.5 million illegal cigarettes were found during a customs inspection in the area of the Kulata border checkpoint between Bulgaria and Greece, reported the Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Sofia.

The cigarettes were placed in 324,950 boxes without a label and hidden in metal cabinets for electrical panels of a freight vehicle operated by a Bulgarian citizen. The composition, consisting of a tractor with a semi-trailer, is owned by two Bulgarian companies.

According to the submitted documents, the driver was transporting electrical equipment from Greece to Lithuania.

This is the largest amount of illegal cigarettes detained at the Kulata checkpoint for the last 2 years, according to the data of the Customs Agency. 

Pre-trial proceedings have been initiated in the case.



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