The smuggled cigarettes were found in cardboard boxes in the back of the cars. Photo used courtesy of the Võru Police Prefecture.
TALLINN — A massive plume of tobacco smoke rose over Võru on Friday when police burned 144,800 cigarettes, confiscated after they were attempted to be smuggled in from Russia.
The cigarettes were confiscated in September, when the police patrol chased a Chrysler commercial vehicle where the cigarettes with Russian tax revenue stamps were found. The cigarettes were packed in [private_supervisor]cardboard bags. The driver was 25-year-old man.
The 25-year-old man had to pay a 8,700 krooni (€556) fine, and the other 900 krooni (€57.5). Police are not releasing their names.
Smuggling cigarettes from Belarus and Russia is a lucrative trade in the Baltic states, as it allows the avoidance of excise taxes increased in the wake of the economic crisis.
[/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]cardboard bags. The driver was 25-year-old man.
The 25-year-old man had to pay a 8,700 krooni (€556) fine, and the other 900 krooni (€57.5). Police are not releasing their names.
Smuggling cigarettes from Belarus and Russia is a lucrative trade in the Baltic states, as it allows the avoidance of excise taxes increased in the wake of the economic crisis. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]cardboard bags. The driver was 25-year-old man.
The 25-year-old man had to pay a 8,700 krooni (€556) fine, and the other 900 krooni (€57.5). Police are not releasing their names.
Smuggling cigarettes from Belarus and Russia is a lucrative trade in the Baltic states, as it allows the avoidance of excise taxes increased in the wake of the economic crisis. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]cardboard bags. The driver was 25-year-old man.
The 25-year-old man had to pay a 8,700 krooni (€556) fine, and the other 900 krooni (€57.5). Police are not releasing their names.
Smuggling cigarettes from Belarus and Russia is a lucrative trade in the Baltic states, as it allows the avoidance of excise taxes increased in the wake of the economic crisis. [/private_subscription 1 year]
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